"pen" and "pin"

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NewTime
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13 Nov 2015, 6:47 pm

How do you pronounce these two words?

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13 Nov 2015, 6:50 pm

p-in like like tin pen like hen

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13 Nov 2015, 9:05 pm

Depends whether you come from New Zealand or not.....

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13 Nov 2015, 9:07 pm

Jacoby wrote:

p-in like like tin pen like hen

This.

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14 Nov 2015, 4:18 pm

I say pen like it rhymes with ten and pin like it rhymes with thin. Is how you say it really such a big deal?
I guess it could get a little confusing, such as asking to borrow someone's "pin" so you can write a note.

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14 Nov 2015, 5:18 pm

...Different . I was wondering what sort of accent this might be referring to , it refers to an NZ one ?????

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14 Nov 2015, 10:55 pm

Same

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14 Nov 2015, 11:08 pm

I used to have the pin-pen merger, but once I found out that the two words are supposed to sound different, I worked really hard on hearing the difference and saying pen the right way. Before, I would pronounce pen the same way as pin, hen as hin, ten as tin, Ben as bin, etc. It seemed really strange at first, like I was dragging the words out, but I quickly got used to it. It seems like some people in my area have the merger and others don't.

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15 Nov 2015, 1:26 am

DeepHour wrote:

Depends whether you come from New Zealand or not.....

This.

Mind you, we don't all pronounce them the same.
The way I talk, I tend to say pen in an Aussie accent, but I say pin a bit like "pun" – which is more of a Kiwi pronunciation.

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15 Nov 2015, 1:27 am

When I was a kid I had a problem pronouncing the E & I sounds differently but I don't nowadays & thus pronounce those words differently.

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