Message: "How do Heaven and Haven sound alike?"

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[Opinions] How do Heaven and Haven sound alike?

by vigdis

3/8/2013, 3:21 PM

in reply to a message by magicalm

They're spelled like, yes, but sound alike? No. It really bugs me.

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- jennifer +1

3/9/2013, 11:59 AM

They're minimal pairs to me. Heaven has a short e in the first syllable, and Haven has a long a. They both start with an h, and the last syllable and stressed syllable are the same. How do you say them?

- Ludwig (blaaarg)

3/9/2013, 2:01 PM

Yeah. ? They don't sound very different at all.

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