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Does your English distinguish "noose" and "news"? If you listen to yourself say them, can you hear which one is which?

Where is your English from?

The prompt for this was Al Franken's talk about the ex Vice President being in the ... news.

I'll have to listen again, I could barely hear the difference in vowel quality and was greatly helped by the subtitles. Most of the audience in the studio seemed to catch the nuance right away.

farside.link/invidious/watch?v…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvQGyk…

Ok, Al Franken says (03:36) /nyuz/ for news and /nus/ for noose. There's a slight difference to the vowel too, news /u/ is a teensy bit further to the front.

@clacke I say it like /nuz/ for "news" and /nus/ for "noose" myself. It's a very subtle difference, indeed.

Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) :fedora:

@clacke Not sure. My formative years were in the midwest. But the east coast is weird with accents...

There are a lot of people here who say it the same way I do too.