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The "box" sounds from the US all seem to be more like "BAX". I'm from the US but I thought the vowel I use for "box" was still definitely an "o" and not an "a" sound... like, for "bax" my mouth would open wider, but for "box" it's like making an "a" sound but with an "o" shaped mouth.

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I wouldn't have thought my way of saying Ross and box were different, but now that I think about it I say Ross with more of an "a" sound and box closer to "bawks" (but I don't think "aw" is the right way to put it either).

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I still say Ross with an o-ish sound (it's not RAHSS or RAS or whatever-- those are like big-mouthed vowels and I still use a smaller o-shaped mouth) but it's smaller and more o-ish for box, I guess.