Re: E and e
| From: | Elliott Lash <erelion12@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, April 3, 2003, 4:13 |
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--- alexandre lang <allexpro@...> wrote:
> Could someone please tell me hat is the difference
> between the open-mid
> front unrounded /E/(epsilon) vowel and the close-mid
> front unrounded /e/
> vowel? Are they totally different or easily
> distinguishable?
open-mid front unrounded would be the vowel in
/sEt/ <set>
close-mid front unrounded would be the vowel in:
/sejm/ <same>
(note this is slightly diphthongized, in my dialect)
And I fear this might start an English pronunciation
thread...eep.
Elliott
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