How do you pronounce 'nothing' and 'rant'

[chrimmy]

AIBU to think that the way my dp pronounces these words isn't particularly common?

He pronounces 'nothing' with the 'o' sounding as the 'o' does in 'moth'.

I say 'nothing' sounding like 'n-uh-thing'.

He pronounces 'rant' sounding like you'd say 'can't'.

I say 'rant' sounding like you'd say 'ant'.

I'm not saying that either one of us is right as I'm sure both are, but he's the only person I've heard pronounce them this way!

As you do.

I’m with your DH on “nothing” and with you on “rant”. I suspect the word nothing is pronounced very differently in different regions so it might not be a question of being wrong.

Same!

Where are you both from?
Can't and ant sound the same to me.

I've heard "nothing" pronounced the way your DP pronounces it a fair bit. "Nuh-thing" is definitely more common but his way is not unheard of.

"Rant" like "can't" though is like a nail file in my ear drum.

That’s what I thought too

Nothing with the O like moth (I usually drop the G though)
Rant like ant.
For me and DH. Both northern.

Can’t and ant sound the same to me too. These threads never work unless you specify the base accent that you are using as reference.

Can’t get worked up about a vowel sound variation in “nothing.” Accents vary, vowels are where this is most apparent.

I’ve come across northerners say ‘nothing’ that way tbf but the way he pronounces rant baffles me. How can it rhyme with can’t (carnt pronunciation) unless he’s from somewhere that pronounces it can’t like ant with a c 🤷🏼‍♀️

DP is from Bournemouth and I lived in Essex as a child and then in Hampshire

I'm with your dh on nothing and I don't know who I'm with on the other one as ant, rant and can't all have the same 'a' sound to me. It is regional accents.

Same here too.

No wonder you pronounce things differently then 😁

Even broad hampshire and broad dorset accents are different

Noth-ing is fair enough, tho I say it nuth-ing.

Rarnt is bizarre tho.

OK for those who say can't and ant the same way, are you saying 'ant' like 'aren't' (weird) or 'can't' like 'cant' (fair enough)?

Like moth and ant

Never heard it pronounced 'rahnt'. Weird as it's a common word he would hear regularly.

For years I thought 'awry' was pronounced 'awri' because I had seen it written down more than spoken aloud.

Your DH says raaaaant?

LTB

Nuh-thing here
can’t, rant and ant all rhyme in my accent (Scottish)

I pronounce it like you do OP but however its said is due to speaking with your/your DH's regional accent surely? One of them isn't right and one of them isn't wrong.

Nuthing

Can't, any and rant all rhyme

At least it's not the 'nuffink' I hear from fully grown adults sometimes.

I pronounce them the same as you but a lot of people round where I live pronounce nothing like your DP does.

Nothing with an o sound is common in some northern dialects. .

Rarnt is just wrong on all levels!

I used to live that way and no-one pronounced rant like that. I don't remember nothing being pronounced like that either it was more "nuthin". The locals dialect was West Country like.

Does anyone in his family pronounce those words like that?

With "rarnt" could that be a case of where he saw the word written down long before he heard it said. I know I've had some words like that that I struggle to remember to pronounce them correctly because I said them wrong in my head for so long.

Nuthing/nothing is regional variation, I've never heard anyone say rarnt