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Please teachers, is there a diference in pronunciation between these words?

whether vs weather

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Please teachers, is there a difference in pronunciation between these words?

whether vs weather

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Where I come from, "whether" is \ˈhwe-thər, ; and ""weather" is \ˈwe-thər\.


There is a similar difference with "where" and "were".
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