Canton

Language Log 2025-11-18

Summary:

Since Victor recently spent 1100 words on various people's "best approximations of how they think they are saying 'Canton'", "expressed in common spelling" (not a phonetic alphabet)", and has resisted requests to provide audio, I thought I'd provide some examples of how a local resident pronounces the city's name. As I've explained many times, I […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=71969&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canton

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Tags:

pronunciation

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

11/18/2025, 09:01

Date published:

11/18/2025, 08:57