I just chanced upon this piece of similarity. Does anybody here feel that the words GAS and GUESS sound similiar. I have heard them being pronounced similarly by a lot of people. Has that heppened to you?
2007-11-19 16:30:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You would have to have one serious accent to make those sound alike... Ouch...
2007-11-19 16:35:44 · answer #1 · answered by davidinark 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope...if we have to go back to phonetic symbols. gas has an "ae: sound...while guess has an invertd "e " sound..so it is quite obvious that they cant be the same....maybe if someone says it very fast in a very slang manner, it will sound that way....but imagine if someone says..."Gas who is coming? ", or " buy a litter of guess".........hmmm very vivid...so It may sound very similar only depending the speed of how it is said, but they don't sound the same at all!!!
2007-11-20 01:40:17 · answer #2 · answered by E@rthGoddess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I say them, gas has a harder vowel sound, and I pronounce with kind of a schwa sound , I think.
Lots of people pronounce them the same, especially those with Southern accents
2007-11-20 00:36:59 · answer #3 · answered by The Colt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. They have different vowel sounds. Only the initial and final consonant sounds are alike.
2007-11-20 02:55:23 · answer #4 · answered by treebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they sound like two different words to me but if you say them quickly I could see how they would sound the same
2007-11-20 00:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by Kat F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my goodness! I've never noticed that before, but when I say it they do sound different! That's pretty awesome.
2007-11-20 00:36:34 · answer #6 · answered by iluvshoes101265607 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to me. But people with accents probably say it alike.
2007-11-20 00:34:26 · answer #7 · answered by Cindy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd imagine with certain accents. When I say it, they sound different.
2007-11-20 00:35:09 · answer #8 · answered by Summer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope.
2007-11-20 00:39:22 · answer #9 · answered by bugan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋