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Ha ha ha Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

simular sound...

how do you discover the difference? when you hear these words?
example:
'band'
'bend'
'banned'
  

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"a" in a closed syllable is read as [æ] - [bænd] "e" in a closed syllable as [e ] - [bend] same goes to banned

— Andrey Devyatov

  • "a" in a closed syllable is read as [æ] - [bænd] "e" in a closed syllable as [e ] - [bend] same goes to banned
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"a" in a closed syllable is read as [æ] - [bænd]
"e" in a closed syllable as [e ] - [bend]
same goes to banned
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To understand the difference between band, bend and banned you must understand the context of the sentence."I am in the band". "I will bend the metal". "I have been banned from the store". Hope this helps.
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The person above me (Anonymous) is wrong. If pronounced correctly, you can clearly hear a difference between those words.

Bend: http://www.leo.org/dict/audio_en/bend.mp3
Banned: http://www.leo.org/dict/audio_en/ba
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ha ha ha'band' 'bend'
These are different. The mouth is much more open, and the jaw lower, for 'band'.
ha ha ha'band' 'banned'
These are pronounced the same. It is not uncommon for two words to be pronounced the same way. Here are some other examples.

mist; missed
past; passed
mind; mined
find; fined
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