Mom - You are the greatest and thank you for putting up with the utter chaos I caused at times. Hope you have an utterly outstanding day. I love you.
P.S. "Udder" and "utter" are only homophones on the surface level.
Phonemic Level---------------------Allophonic Level
(underlying transcription)---------- (surface translation)
udder
/ʌdɚ/----------------------------------[ʌDɚ]
utter
/ʌtɚ/-----------------------------------[ʌDɚ]
The American English phonology rule for flapping states that alveolar stops are flapped intervocalically when followed by an unstressed vowel.
