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Old November 01, 2010, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by laepelba View Post
Well, in American English, better and cheddar are pronounced almost exactly the same. They could definitely be used to rhyme in a poem.
Sure, I'm not disputing this pronunciation. What puzzles me is that if they sound the same, then why use the two words in an effort to pronounce the Spanish 'r'?
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