Dear teacher,
I learnt to pronounce "rennet" as "renei", with a silent "t". I don't know how I came to learn it, however.
Almost all the dictionaries I have just consulted do not have my pronunciation at all. (How embarrassing!) Is my pronunciation of the word archaic or obsolete? (By the way, I do not pronounce the last "t" in the word "trait": is my pronunciation of "rennet" the same as this word, too?).
Thank you for answering my question.
Rennet
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Re: Rennet
trait coming from French can be pronounced without or with the final t
I don't know if there is any French connection with rennet. The normal pronunciation is with the final t: /ˈrɛnɪt/
I don't know if there is any French connection with rennet. The normal pronunciation is with the final t: /ˈrɛnɪt/
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