• bdonvrA
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    1 year ago

    In most Americans accents I think “Dragon” and “Jragon” would be indistinguishable.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah if I slow down and pronounce it with intention, they’re different. In normal speech though, it’s basically “jragon”

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely not. Am American, so I’m gonna go on a limb and assume most of my friends would also probably pronounce it similarly.

      The way you say Jra-gon and Dra-gon is completely different in most accents on the West coast. I’m very confident in that.

      I think the Midwest would probably say it pretty samsies because they’re not emphasizing the first letter: jRa-gun / dRa-gun or jra-Gn / dra-Gn. Probably gets lost in the sauce a little.

      Idk about East Coast, but tbh it probably is closer to Midwesterners dropping consonants and shit so who knows.

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        1 year ago

        West-coaster here. They’re definitely two completely different pronunciations.

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        I’m a Midwesterner living on the east coast so that’s entirely possible.