Boat and Bought / Pot

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Here in California, Bought and Pot will sound VERY similar or actually be the same sound.

Part 1: Common spelling for 0 as in Boat

boat	note	no	blow	toe	sew
goat	tote	go	glow	Joe
soak	joke	so	flow
croak	mope	Mo	show
soap	cope		snow
loan	stoke		stow

Part 2: Common spellings for bought / pot (as pronounced in California)

bought	got	caught	dawn	pause	long
thought	lot	naught	lawn	cause	song
fought	shot	naughty	fawn	cautious	stocks
	not				model
	top
	lost

Part 3: Recognition: Which is different

Example: Boat Bought Boat

1. Soap Soap Sop
2. Cope Cop Cop
3. Note Not Note
4. Coat Caught Caught
5. Lawn Loan Lawn
6. Stock Stock Stoke

Part 4: Which do you hear?

1. Goat
2. Got
3. Stow
4. Loan
5. Lawn
6. Straw
7. Soak
8. Sought

1. Their boat got caught on a sand bar.
2. She couldn’t cope with all the problems she had in her marriage, so she got divorced.
3. It isn’t as easy to get a home loan as it was a few years ago.
4. He had to stoke the fire to keep it going since it was going out.
5. They normally use a lot of soap when they wash their dog before a competition.
6. How many different coats do you wear every winter?
7. Is it important for you to have a nice green lawn, or would you be happy with just rocks?