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collect
US IPA: /kəˈlɛkt/
correct
US IPA: /kəˈrɛkt/
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  • American woman, younger
  • American woman, older
  • American man, younger
  • American man, older
  • British woman, younger
  • British woman, older
  • British man, younger
  • British man, older
  • Australian woman
  • Australian man

What's different

Both words are stressed on the second syllable, so the first is a weak "kuh", not the コ of katakana. The L or R comes just before the stress, with a vowel on each side, so you can hear the tongue move through it instead of guessing from a consonant cluster.

In correct, the r colors the weak vowel before it, and American voices often blur the start into "krrect". In collect, that vowel stays neutral and the l is a quick, light touch: "kuh-lect". If the first syllable already sounds like r, it's correct.

研究: Logan et al. 1991 · Lively et al. 1993 · Lively et al. 1994 · Bradlow et al. 1997 · Bradlow et al. 1999

听辨要点

R 的声音更暗、更圆,L 听起来更轻、更清楚。

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