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minus-squareLojcs@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoNon-native speaker here confused by this. Isn’t w pronounced as v anyways?
minus-squareLojcs@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI honestly can’t tell the difference from the sound alone
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoMight be clearer in person, but they’re very distinct to an English speaker’s ear. ‘V’ is closer to ‘F’, while ‘W’ is closer to ‘U’.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoalso visually distinct if you look at the lips: V has the upper front teeth against the lower lip, W has the lips shaped like a tight o
Non-native speaker here confused by this. Isn’t w pronounced as v anyways?
Not in English
I honestly can’t tell the difference from the sound alone
Might be clearer in person, but they’re very distinct to an English speaker’s ear.
‘V’ is closer to ‘F’, while ‘W’ is closer to ‘U’.
also visually distinct if you look at the lips: V has the upper front teeth against the lower lip, W has the lips shaped like a tight o