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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?

James Valleroy

@clacke Yes, "noose" is a short duration sound, while "news" is more drawn out. (US midwest)

@jvalleroy Oh! Interesting. I hadn't considered that, I was thinking the nuance would be in the vowel quality only.

@jvalleroy Does your area say "roof" with the same vowel length as "rough"?

I think of that as a Canadian feature. Am I mixing things up, or are you in the northern midwest and there are some shared features?

@clacke Yes, roof and rough are the same length for me. I am in the north (Michigan).