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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
e and a
V e ry
V a ry
Is e and a pronouned the same?
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V a ry
Is e and a pronouned the same?
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Here, yes.
- Here, yes.
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It's the following "r" that does it.
Most contexts where orthographically tense a is followed by r, the a is pronounced as a lax e. (American English)
bare, scare, scary, vary, barister, Sara, spare, flare, Laramie, rarely, nefarious, Ariel, Mary, arid, parish
Exception: are !
The contexts where orthographically
Most contexts where orthographically tense a is followed by r, the a is pronounced as a lax e. (American English)
bare, scare, scary, vary, barister, Sara, spare, flare, Laramie, rarely, nefarious, Ariel, Mary, arid, parish
Exception: are !
The contexts where orthographically
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Hmmm...but the two words are not really pronounced in the same way.
If you were to say I was vary cold or I want to very my diet - the sentences would sound nonsensical.
The sounds are very (ha) very close to each other but the a is said with the mouth wider open and is a much longer sound (about 3 times a long as the e). The a is the same sound as the ai in air. If you say vary
If you were to say I was vary cold or I want to very my diet - the sentences would sound nonsensical.
The sounds are very (ha) very close to each other but the a is said with the mouth wider open and is a much longer sound (about 3 times a long as the e). The a is the same sound as the ai in air. If you say vary
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I think this is another US/Brit division.
There are three diphthongs that are found only in British English. American English in corresponding places would have a simple vowel followed by /r/ so vary in BrE is pronounced while in AmE it is either.
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Nona,
That's why I wrote "American English".
There is a region on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. where people make a difference between those two words, but this is not true for the vast majority of Americans.
The pronunciations I cited were all American and correspond to "General American", which is essentially what Chomsky and Halle describe in The Sound Pattern o
That's why I wrote "American English".
There is a region on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. where people make a difference between those two words, but this is not true for the vast majority of Americans.
The pronunciations I cited were all American and correspond to "General American", which is essentially what Chomsky and Halle describe in The Sound Pattern o
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