svetlana14
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I hear he does not pronounce r "in brought together"
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I think it might be missing altogether- the sort of mistake we make when speaking. It's very unlikely that he is sneaking in a comment about the cost of the ceremony. 
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I think this is precisely the kind of mistake that native speakers don't make. It's just the way he speaks.
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Accidentally saying "bought" instead of "brought" is very rare. The opposite, however, is alarmingly common. You'll hear native speakers (BrE, at least) say "I brought this watermelon at the supermarket" when, of course, they mean "bought".
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Those people are not saying it accidentally. It's a language error, where they've used the wrong word.
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I know that I always have to stop and think when writing either word to check that I am using the right one.
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