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:(æ) and (ɑ:) difference in American and British English: Video Lesson

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Today, I want to elaborate on the  differences between American and British English as regards to these two vowel sounds..(æ) and (ɑ:)...  There are words in which these  vowels are in free variation. you can substitute one for the other. 

Anyway,  the variations occur in space.... British persons would usually use  (ɑ:) whereas American persons would use (æ) .

So now lets go over to my online tutorial.... funny how that sounds to me...LOL. Online tutorials indeed. anyway guys here are the words we will be pronouncing  in this video clip.

list of words: after, afternoon, path, past, cast, fast, plant, can't, aunt, bask, ask, casket, castle, gasp, basket, grant, grasp, last, mast, vast, laugh, staff, nasty, rascal.
So, have great fun learning with me.




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  1. Anonymous15 October 2016 at 21:16

    I love this and it was so on point.
    Make more videos like this my brother.

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  2. Ofisliad-o_199623 April 2022 at 06:28

    Ofisliad-o_1996 Jared Ellenberg https://wakelet.com/wake/fY6ftPOcQBK22WnubEKpA
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