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This is a common mistake for many native English speakers and highlights the different challenges in speaking a language and writing a language.

In many regions of the US for example, “than” and “then” are often pronounced exactly the same.

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azertyfun@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Thən məybe Englәsh shəld əwn əp to its dəsrəspəct fər vəwəls.

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- captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  If we’re doing that we should probably just go full runic
  
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- diegantobass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  That’s a lot of schwas!
  
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dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Maybe Americans should quit teaching their children dialects that damage their ability to spell.

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- erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  You from New Zealand? Look in the mirror and say “can’t”.
  
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  - AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Isn’t that a term of endearment over there though?
    
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    WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m--3_c5pAs
    
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  - akwd169@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Or “huge deck”
    
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- faltryka@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  That’s not really how language… or humans… or culture… work.
  
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tostiman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
TIL there is a difference in pronounciation between those two. I’m not even American!

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- faltryka@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  There are many different accents across the US.
  
  Some of them very much pronounce the word “than” like others pronounce the word “then”.
  
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- captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  depends on the accent.
  
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- captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  An vs ehn though both are usually ən
  
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Manzas@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Other languages even have similar things like “jei”, “jai” first one means if, the other one is for her

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