Pronunciation of "Salt"

[Williamyh]

Hi All,

I don't know the correct pronunciation of "Salt", sometimes I hear people say "Sout", sometimes I hear people "Shot"...this pronunciation of this word is not clear to me....please advise. Thanks.

WYH

[Barb_D]

That's very odd, William. I say all the letters: Salt. Rhymes with vault, or malt.

[raindoctor]

It may be due to /l/ vocalization. JC wells describes it as a feature of cockney accent. salt and sort are homonyms.




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[konungursvia]

In south Chinese dialects, s and sh are often interchanged or irrelevant, so he probably hears Cantonese speakers saying shot; native speakers never would, though.

[Williamyh]

In south Chinese dialects, s and sh are often interchanged or irrelevant, so he probably hears Cantonese speakers saying shot; native speakers never would, though.

But I wanted to know if there are more than one pronunciation of "Salt", because I heard Jamie Oliver to say "Put some salt..."he pronounced the "salt" as "sult"....but sometimes I hear people say "salt" as "saw" with "lt" sound followed.....

WYH

[konungursvia]

The vowel can vary from /a/ to /o/ (basically). Every one pronounces the l and the t.