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Hello

There are two different groups of words in English:
bald - bold
ball - bowl
ect...

Could you tell me if you pronounce them differently?

I would want to hear opinions of Americans and the British.
 

Neillythere

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Hi

As an NES (UK), but not a teacher, I would pronounce "bald" similar to "balled" i.e. (phonetically) as "borld", but "bold" similar to "bowled".

Hope you can understand the differentiation I'm making.

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Hi

As an NES (UK), but not a teacher, I would pronounce "bald" similar to "balled" i.e. (phonetically) as "borld", but "bold" similar to "bowled".

Hope you can understand the differentiation I'm making.

Regards
NT
Same in AusE, NZE.
 

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I'm American, and here it is the same as reported above for the British form. Bald = Balled (bɑːld) and Bold = Bowled (boʊld)
 
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Williamyh

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Hello

There are two different groups of words in English:
bald - bold
ball - bowl
ect...

Could you tell me if you pronounce them differently?

I would want to hear opinions of Americans and the British.

UK US
bald bɔːld bɔːld, bɑːld

bold bəʊld boʊld

bowl bəʊl boʊl



Ball bɔːl bɔːl, bɑːl

 
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