Quote Originally Posted by zorro View Post
But без сдачи would be /бес здачи/ and not /без":"дачи/? In normal conversation would this be a noticeable difference?
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Z
/бес здачи/ is only possible if you make a pause between the two words, but if you don't make one, and to be frank you almost always don't, it would be /без":"дачи/. And yes, we always hear the difference between those two, as we hear the difference between с сестрой and сестрой and so on