Most everyone I know would pronounce them the same. The Pacific northwest hates pronouncing the letter ‘t’, either turning it into a ‘d’ sound, slurring past it, or at the end of words dropping it entirely
Interesting… I’m from NJ and there’s no audible difference between ladder and latter here, nor between madder and matter. However, my parents are both from different parts of NJ than where I was raised, and they do pronounce them differently!
Is this a pronunciation thing? Those words are not homophones where I am
Most everyone I know would pronounce them the same. The Pacific northwest hates pronouncing the letter ‘t’, either turning it into a ‘d’ sound, slurring past it, or at the end of words dropping it entirely
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Nah, we pronunce them very differently here in the midwest. They sound as different as matter and madder.
Interesting… I’m from NJ and there’s no audible difference between ladder and latter here, nor between madder and matter. However, my parents are both from different parts of NJ than where I was raised, and they do pronounce them differently!
I’m also in the Midwest (Indiana) and have the opposite experience.
They might not be perfect homophones but you’re rarely using a full hard T sound. Usually something between a d and t sound.
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A bit, yeah.
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I’m from the PNW. I do pronounce the T sound in latter. I also put more emphasis on the first syllable than I do when pronouncing ladder.
Same in the northeast
I’m from NJ and there’s no audible difference between ladder and latter here. Both have a D sound.
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Americans pronounce Ts as Ds
Once had some twat laugh at me for the way I pronounced “waddur boddle”