alsemanche 93,316 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 They only differ by one phoneme (sound unit) which are the s and z (both written as the letter s). For the s in rice, think of words like sun or storm. The s sounds the same. For rise, think of buzz (the zz at the end) or zebra. The s sounds like that. 20 minutes ago, Bio said: I’ve always wanted to know if, to native speakers, there’s a difference in pronunciation between words like “bored” and “board”, “be” and “bee”, “allowed” and “aloud”. ‘Cause to me they sound the same Bored and board differ by the o and oa sounds (which can be easily confused by a lot of people tbh, I know this stuff because I study English not because im a native speaker). Board is kinda pronounced with a rounded o, like bowred if you want, while bored doesn't have that "w" sound in it. Be and bee are kinda identical, except the "ee" sound is a little longer in bee. Allowed and aloud are trickier to explain but one way to differenciate them is through the l and ll. The ll in aloud is lighter than in allowed. The ow and ou sounds are a little different too. I kinda butchered linguistics because I cant remember most of the technical terms to refer to things but yeah i hope this helps Soft, soothing, and succulent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharamon 6,839 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 rice - /raɪs/ rise - /raɪz/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 73,707 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 ice and smize, ice for rice, smize for rise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 116,052 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 u don't. When someone tells you "yesterday I ate Rise" It's either Rice, or Katy's single Rise So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphasic 4,033 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Bio said: I’ve always wanted to know if, to native speakers, there’s a difference in pronunciation between words like “bored” and “board”, “be” and “bee”, “allowed” and “aloud”. ‘Cause to me they sound the same 42 minutes ago, alsemanche said: They only differ by one phoneme (sound unit) which are the s and z (both written as the letter s). For the s in rice, think of words like sun or storm. The s sounds the same. For rise, think of buzz (the zz at the end) or zebra. The s sounds like that. Bored and board differ by the o and oa sounds (which can be easily confused by a lot of people tbh, I know this stuff because I study English not because im a native speaker). Board is kinda pronounced with a rounded o, like bowred if you want, while bored doesn't have that "w" sound in it. Be and bee are kinda identical, except the "ee" sound is a little longer in bee. Allowed and aloud are trickier to explain but one way to differenciate them is through the l and ll. The ll in aloud is lighter than in allowed. The ow and ou sounds are a little different too. I kinda butchered linguistics because I cant remember most of the technical terms to refer to things but yeah i hope this helps bored bôrd board bôrd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- be bē bee bē ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to Google translate and its phonetic way of pronunciation the words you listed are pronounced equally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerjs 5,859 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Bio said: I’ve always wanted to know if, to native speakers, there’s a difference in pronunciation between words like “bored” and “board”, “be” and “bee”, “allowed” and “aloud”. ‘Cause to me they sound the same They sound exactly the same lol. If they do sound different to a native speaker, it’s psychological based on context. For example, a native speaker would immediately know you’re referring to the animal “bee” and not the other word “be” based on the context of the conversation. Same for “bored” vs “board”, “allowed” vs “aloud”. Our brains do identify the difference immediately and can identify the which of the two are being said, but that is only based on context. If a native speaker were to say “bee” and “be” directly side by side without context, it would be impossible to tell the difference unless they intentionally put some kind of slight inflection on it. That inflection, though, would also probably be due to psychological factors. bottom line is, in the examples you listed, the words are pronounced 100% identically. 🇨🇺🇧🇸 monica from rhoslc kinda had a point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mike 2,734 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Yeah I still can't get how to differentiate "BITCH" and "BEACH" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylerjs 5,859 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, Magic Mike said: Yeah I still can't get how to differentiate "BITCH" and "BEACH" Now these are two fully different pronunciations. It helps to think of them as short and long sounds. The “i” is making the short sound, and the “ea” is making the more drawn-out “eee” sound. for this exact example you could remember that “bitch” looks shorter than the word “beach” when written together? edit: had to reevaluate my life because I thought two 5 letter words had different numbers of letters. and my job let’s me analyze revenue with those math skills 🇨🇺🇧🇸 monica from rhoslc kinda had a point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanna shintuyu 10,717 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Magic Mike said: Yeah I still can't get how to differentiate "BITCH" and "BEACH" What about itch and each? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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