sir, i wonna ask ----- why P U T is pronounced as put, and why B U T is but....?

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Tarun Chawla

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Its a question of Syllables.
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Because there are short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds. Look up the phonetic chart.
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Great Question Amit! There was a survey conducted in the UK on this topic and majority of the people took part in the survey had chosen to pronounce "put" as put and "but" as b^t.
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HI, MY FRIEND,.... ENGLISH PUT IS PUT AND BUT IS BUT.... YOU KNOW THAT ENGLISH IS PUNNY AND BUNNY LANGUAGE !!!???
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Every language has its own rules... which we have to follow... every word has its own origin and pronunciation
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why is to and do pronunciations different from go pronunciation? Mostly this has to do with associations and combinations with other letters. But this is just a literary curiosity. The exact answer can be found in a phonetics book of English. But this will NOT improve your spoken or written English if...
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why is to and do pronunciations different from go pronunciation? Mostly this has to do with associations and combinations with other letters. But this is just a literary curiosity. The exact answer can be found in a phonetics book of English. But this will NOT improve your spoken or written English if that is what your wish is. read less
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You should understand the phonics sound of the letter 'p' that pa 'b' is ba . As maya has told about short and long vowel sound, that is absolutely correct.Please refer some websites in youtube especially Jolly phonics. Hope you will get a better knowledge.on the same.
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For this you need to know what are syllables
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This is because English is NOT phonetic language as compared to say, Hindi or Bengali.therfore, English pronunciation depends on the the sound created by the sylabals. Briefly, the English language has 26 letter in the alphabet series out of which there are 21 consonants and 5 vowels. These 5 vowels...
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This is because English is NOT phonetic language as compared to say, Hindi or Bengali.therfore, English pronunciation depends on the the sound created by the sylabals. Briefly, the English language has 26 letter in the alphabet series out of which there are 21 consonants and 5 vowels. These 5 vowels constitue 12 different sounds, which are essential for proper pronunciation On top of this, the 21 consonants there are 6 letters which are known as plosives, P B T D K and G.Even in these, there are variations, but time and space does not allow me to illustrate further. read less
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Every language or word have its own origin and pronounciation. Thus we have to follow those rules and spell it
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