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Belly Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

/ae/ vs/a:/

I cannot distinguish and therefore mispronounce /ae/ and /a:/. Is there any different?
  

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The first one appears in cat, for example, whereas the latter one is a long vowel, for example, the one in a car.

— Zerox

  • The first one appears in cat, for example, whereas the latter one is a long vowel, for example, the one in a car.
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The first one appears in cat, for example, whereas the latter one is a long vowel, for example, the one in a car.
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It varies with the region and dialect, etc but for my midwest American English, it is the difference between cat and father.
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Hi,
they are very different. Can't you hear the difference between these two? Click on them:

/ae/ => /caet/ --- CAT
/a:/ => /ca:t/ --- COT

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