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Help[Opinions] Re: Vowels
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Ellen and Elin sounding the same is due to the "pin-pen merger".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-pen_merger#Pin-pen_merger
Where I live many people (including me) pronounce Emily and Henry like Imily and Hinry. I don't like it, but it's hard to consciously change the way you speak.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-pen_merger#Pin-pen_merger
Where I live many people (including me) pronounce Emily and Henry like Imily and Hinry. I don't like it, but it's hard to consciously change the way you speak.
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Not exactly...
I pronounce Ellen and Elin the same but not pen and pin. The pen and pin thing is regional. But all English speakers will say Ellen and Elin the same because when the stress is not on the syllable, it often comes out so short that it's just softened into a schwa.
But thanks for posting the article. It's interesting.
I pronounce Ellen and Elin the same but not pen and pin. The pen and pin thing is regional. But all English speakers will say Ellen and Elin the same because when the stress is not on the syllable, it often comes out so short that it's just softened into a schwa.
But thanks for posting the article. It's interesting.
This message was edited 5/10/2009, 7:48 PM
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