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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
short 'e' sound before n or m
I'm studying pronunciation at the moment. And I'm learning the vowel sounds.
I've been watching videos on the short 'e' as in 'bed', 'set', 'wet', 'death', 'dead'. And I have no problem hearing 'eh' and I repeat it just fine.
However, when this vowel is followed by nasal consonants, I don't hear 'eh' anymore and the people making the video lessons don't address this. Words such as 'men', 'many', 'friend' are what I'm refering to.
If anyone can shed some light on this it'd be much appreciated.
I've been watching videos on the short 'e' as in 'bed', 'set', 'wet', 'death', 'dead'. And I have no problem hearing 'eh' and I repeat it just fine.
However, when this vowel is followed by nasal consonants, I don't hear 'eh' anymore and the people making the video lessons don't address this. Words such as 'men', 'many', 'friend' are what I'm refering to.
If anyone can shed some light on this it'd be much appreciated.
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Anonymous If anyone can shed some light on this it'd be much appreciated. I still hear and say /e/ with men, many and friend . Why don't you try recording these words and posting them here (note the 'Record Your Voice' button at the upper right of the message box): bed, set, wet, death, dead, men, many, friend, them, gem, member.
- Anonymous If anyone can shed some light on this it'd be much appreciated.
- I still hear and say /e/ with men, many and friend .
- Why don't you try recording these words and posting them here (note the 'Record Your Voice' button at the upper right of the message box): bed, set, wet, death, dead, men, many, friend, them, gem, member.
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AnonymousIf anyone can shed some light on this it'd be much appreciated.I still hear and say /e/ with men, many and friend. Why don't you try recording these words and posting them here (note the 'Record Your Voice' button at the upper right of the message box):
bed, set, wet, death, dead, men, many, friend, them, gem, member.
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AnonymousHowever, when this vowel is followed by nasal consonants, I don't hear 'eh' anymore and the people making the video lessons don't address this. Words such as 'men', 'many', 'friend' are what I'm refering to."en" and "in" endings sound identical in some regions. Colorado (USA) is one of them. When a friend of mine from there says "pen" and "pin", f
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