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!

Can't and ant sound the same to me. I interchange how I say nothing.

Wait wait, I'm so confused about perform. How do you say it? I've not seen the ad but I guess I say 'puh-form' so are they putting the emphasis on 'perf'?

I say “nuthing” and “rant” to rhyme with “ant” (“can’t” for me is with an r sound - “carnt”)

It’s just accent/dialect thing. Like bath and barth. My DH says tong instead of tung (for tongue) which I can’t stand.

My DP says tong and I say tung, too, but I find it interesting, not something I "can't stand"!

I have never ever heard it pronounced “rarnt” even! Nib-thing is normal to me, very southern. My DH has northern parents and him and DSS pronounce “one” as “woon”

I don’t know why, it’s just that word, not my DH in general 🤣

Nothing - nuh-thing
Rant - as in can't

Moth & Ant here, NW

Nothing with an uh sound.

Rant, can't and and all rhyme.

East coast of Scotland accent.

How do you pronounce “can’t”?

Nuthing and carn't.

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER not for everyone. I don’t say cannae and dinnae. Some do.

Like glass and glarse.

My accent is the same as yours OP, therefore YANBU 😂

Like you do, but nothing pronounced with the 'moth' sound is a normal regional variation. Rant pronounced with an 'ar' sound, however - I've never heard of that before. It makes no sense

Rant and ant rhyme, but can’t is pronounced cahnt. Not Kant. And definitely not carnt.

Nothing - per husband
Rant - per you

I've never heard anybody say noh-thing. I say nutthing.
On the other hand, rant, can't and ant all rhyme in my accent (mild east coast Scottish).

This.

Just sounds like a question of accents to me, though. No biggie.

No one pronounced rant as your husband does surely?

The two ways of saying “nothing” are just accents but who says “rarnt”

Is he South African?

Where you’ve gone wrong is using « can’t » as an example as it’s a word thst people pronounce very differently- I think you use RP so like me pronounce it “carn’t” - but that’s why you’re getting confusing answers

I'm Glaswegian and I'd pronounce "perform" as "purr-form"...... lol But I've always been told my accent is a bit unusual as it has a twang from my Island heritage.