Re: easy sounds

# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> wrote:
>> > I've never heard about a language without the sound> [a] (do you know if there
>> > are?) so it is probably> also easyto produce
>>
>> English doesn't have [a], though it does have [A] and
>> [{]. It doesn't seem to be easy for native English speakersto produce, as
>> generally when they try to produce it (e.g.in pronouncing Spanish words) they
>> come up with, surprisesurprise, [A] or [{] (in America, usually the former).
>
> in the words "battle", "apple", "pack", "Jack"
>
> isn't the sound [a]?
It is [{]. (CXS [&], IPA [æ]).



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