Re: easy sounds

> > I've never heard about a language without the sound [a](do you know if
>there are?) so it isprobably also easyto produce
>
>English doesn't have [a], though it does have [A] and [{]. It doesn't seem
>to be easy for native English speakers to produce, as generally when they
>try to produce it (e.g. in pronouncing Spanish words) they come up with,
>surprise surprise, [A] or [{] (in America, usually the former).
in the words "battle", "apple", "pack", "Jack"

isn't the sound [a]?

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