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on Jan 4, 2022
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Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
It's possible, but strange, since b is simply the voiced form of p - you just need to vibrate your vocal cords for a moment longer when pronouncing "kebt" (since they were already vibrating to pronounce the vowel), compared to pronouncing kept.
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