What is the difference between traitor and trader

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Coelomate vs. Ocean vs. Judge vs. Flag vs. I'm sorry but I'm handicapped by not really knowing IPA, so I can't describe it any better than that. Add a comment. TecBrat TecBrat 3, 4 4 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 32 32 bronze badges. Three down votes, really? It seems there has to be a whipping boy :p — hoang. I'm not as worried about the downvotes anymore. The reputation system is very strongly weighted in favor of rewards vs.

I didn't downvote, but I'm tempted. I suspect TecBrat is either fooling himself, or in possesion of a dialect of AmE that he believes is more prevalent than it is. My native is AmE Midland the American TV dialect , and while they both sound very different in my head, you'd be hard-pressed to discern that difference audibly without context. Trait-or, trade-r. At least that's how I would pronounce them in Australia. Explain the down vote?? Community Bot 1.

Tristan Tristan 2, 17 17 silver badges 7 7 bronze badges. Joe Joe 2 2 bronze badges. It happens everywhere in America. It really is as simple as that. And are you really going to say everywhere? And yes, flapping is tantamount to universal in North America.

Right, but "everywhere in America" covers a lot that's not GA. And on a global scale, it is regional. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Linked 0. Are "trader" and "traitor" pronounced the same way in American English? Do they have the same pronunciation? It seems to me that the Americans pronouce "ter" "tor" at the end of a word as "der" or "dor. The "er" is the same in both. Some of us try to articulate the "t," but not if we're in a hurry. I don't think anybody says "dor.

Hi Avangi, thank you for your reply. Do you mean that when you speak very fast, you will not pronounce "t" very clearly, instead, you will pronounce it like "d? Students: Are you brave enough to let our tutors analyse your pronunciation?