Well, Ronnie, could you teach us (not native speakers) how to pronounce different words with /æ/ and /e/ sounds, please? You know, we don’t have those sounds in Russian, so I just don’t see any difference between them. I pronounce “sad” and “said”, “had” and “head”...
I came from the Philippines…I just got here in America two months ago….and when I speak English here they can’t understand the way I pronounce the words….anyway Best wishes to you ,you did a great job…Thanks Ms Rebicca ernita Very helpful tips…thanks Rebecca JasJose Dear Ms ...
Start that with a vowel to smooth out the sound, and you get a-ri-TH, which is exactly how we now pronounce earth. Many Indo-European languages have similar sounding names for earth, as pointed out in several comments above. Heidi B. January 23, 2015 7:59 am Very interesting. It ...