/dɑːns/ and /kɑːnt/ in the UK, /dæns/ and /kænt/ in most of the US. https://en.w... | Hacker News

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		graue on Sept 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: English has been my pain for 15 years /dɑːns/ and /kɑːnt/ in the UK, /dæns/ and /kænt/ in most of the US. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dance#Pronunciation https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/can%27t#Pronunciation Which way you should pronounce them depends, I suppose, on whether you speak to more British people or Americans.

nmeofthestate on Sept 2, 2013 [–]

It also depends on which British people you speak to - I don't pronounce those words like that.

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