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thaumasiotes
on Jan 4, 2022
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Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
The only difficulty with "debt" from the perspective of English pronunciation is that B is voiced and T isn't. So you're right that "depped" or "debbed" would be more natural. But there's no need to add an epenthetic vowel.
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