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It took a significant effort of will to realize that I pronounce water as though it has two r's. I say warter-- it's a Delaware/Philadelphia accent. And even though it looks very odd in print, it sounds completely normal to me. 'Wahter' (the way most people pronounce it, even though it also looks very odd in print) doesn't sound as wet to me.
How about "comb"? How is that pronounced?
I pronounce the b. Is that the question? I didn't know there was more than one way to pronounce it.
Also, vase vs. vahse. I think of vase as normal and vahse as affected. I try to keep a grip and realise that people generally say vahse because they think it's normal, not because they're showing off, and the same for aahnt meaning aunt. In at least one dialect (sorry, I don't know which one), both vase and vahse are used, with vahse meaning a fancy vase.
Wow! Here in Australia it's like 'home'. No b.
(That might be Australia though; we say water like "w-aww-tah")
I've checked more carefully. I do pronounce the b, but I think it's a softer/briefer b than I use to finish Bob.
Yes, I can tell you do, because you don't spell it 'vayse'.
Upvoted because I had to go back and reread to figure out what you were saying. ("I think of vase as normal and vahse as affected." I didn't even notice because I think of 'vayse' as normal as well.)