Long Vowel

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Long Vowel

Is one of the sounds with the greatest variation in pronunciation. The entire tongue is pushed back and kept low during the pronunciation of the / ɔ:/

Daughter / daa·tr/

Authot / aa·thr/

In many regions of the country it’s a unique sound.

Some regions don’t consider this to be a different sound from the /a:/

To pronounce it, you must open your mouth a little and push your lips outward, your tongue must be pulled back.

Choose /tʃuz/

Blew /blu/

It is a tense sound. It sounds like an accented u.

The u: sound it is not something exceptional in American English.

Bottle /’bat·l/

Block /blak/

It is often distorted or confused with other vowels.

It is a fairly common sound throughout the world.

It is a very open sound, you should open your mouth as much as possible, relax your lips and flatten your tongue downwards.

beam /bim/

cheap /tʃip/

Its sound can be with the position of a smile.

It is the third most used sound in English.

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This vowel is a tense and short sound. You should open your mouth, stretch your lips, raise your tongue and press it down.

Long Vowel

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ɔ:

a:

u:

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