I received the prompt 'Tell me any words you need help pronouncing.'
I replied 'Please pronounce 'seat' and 'sit' and PP replied 'They are said the same'. I replied Please pronounce them and PP replied 'seat /siːt/ sit /sɪt/'
I entered the prompt 'Please give me three minimal pairs for long E and short I.' and PP replied 'feet-fit; meat-meet; meek-Mike. I pointed out an error (Mike is long i. Mick is short i) and received the surprising reply, 'If you wish to argue against phonetics please take it up with your local library. I do not make the rules. I just read the books.' I asked for long e short i minimal pairs a few more times. I ended up getting word ending /t/ /d/ minimal pairs several times. When I listened to the audio, the words typed didn't always match the text. Ultimately I asked PP what to tell students about pronunciation and received the reply,
'Well, I will start with the basics. I would say that pronunciation can be broken down into four main areas that are really the root of pronunciation:
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Phonetics (individual sounds and how they are produced)
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Phonology (individual phonetics in context, or how sounds combine to form words)
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Prosody (how stress, intonation, duration, and rhythm affect pronunciation)
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Phonological processes (common patterns of sound change that are found in language, like vowel reduction)'
PP doesn't produce minimal pairs reliably, at least not long e short i minimal pairs. If I were to continue, I might ask for a description of how the jaw and tongue move when making long e vs short i and look at how accurate the answer is.