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		bull/pull, big/pig, bin/pin, bowl/pole
		gold/cold, good/could, goat/coat, gate/Kate
		die/tie, down/town, dime/time, dim/Tim
		van/fan, vine/fine, view/few, very/ferry
		gin/chin, jug/chug, Jane/chain, Jill/chill, Jew/chew, danger/'doncha' = 'don't you'¹
		these/this, as/mass, has/hassle, puzzle/pestle
		the/thing, thou/thousand (voiced: this, those, them; voiceless: think, through, thorn)
		Asia, leisure, measure, seizure, treasure, pleasure
		lagged/lacked, halved/laughed, nabbed/napped
		activity, battle, better, little, British, butter, beautiful, dirty, thirty, forty*

 

¹ The sound is . Other examples of this sound:
'woncha' = "won't you", cantcha = can't you, picture, miniature, feature, signature

² This feature of American English appears to be increasingly common in British and other Englishes

 

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Speaker	Geographical origin	Date of recording	Approx age
Mr Cory A Perrin Mr Tarek El Messidi	Virginia Tennessee	Oct 31, 2000 Mar 2, 2006	20 25

 

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