Learn English – Do you ever pronounce “thought” the same as “taught”

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I'm doing a course on Edx. In that episode the lecturer pronounces "thought" almost the same as "taught". The time point is 8:15, multiplication rule lecture 1.3, Stat_2.2x. 8:20 in this video on YouTube.

I've searched the pronunciation difference between these two words, in a tutorial on Youtube, the teacher doesn't mention this case.

So, do you sometimes pronounce "thought" the same as "taught"? Is it allowed to ignore "h" sometimes informally?

Best Answer

Not only are the two pronounced differently, but confusing the two is (in American English) grounds for humor. The classic example is the phrase "I taught I taw a puddy-tat", used by the cartoon character Tweety-Bird. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38aDWDUjlOY for the original cartoon.

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