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The shocking truth

about so-called long and short English vowels

The Shocking Truth About Long And Short English Vowels – American English Pronunciation

pronunciation video Sounds American 7 September 2018

Everyone has heard about long and short vowels,

and that the length of vowels is very important in English.

But you know that already, right?

What you probably don't know is

that you may have learned it the wrong way.

In this video,

we're going to address common misunderstandings

about the length of vowels

and discuss essential rules to help you improve your pronunciation.

• Do you know that there are no such things

as the "long vowel 'A' and the short vowel 'A' in phonetics?

• By the way, the vowel length symbol doesn't always mean

that you need to pronounce a longer vowel.

• All this doesn't mean that all American vowels have the same length.

No, they don't.

And there's a rule for this, but it's a secret ;).

You have to watch this video to find out.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQa9w__GqLc