Confusing English Words: Woman vs. Women

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How do you pronounce woman vs. women? Or man vs. men? These words are SO similar but sound significantly different, right? The key factors here are the vowel sounds. In this lesson, we are going to identify the vowel sounds that differentiate these similar words, to give you a better understanding of how to correctly pronounce them.
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Great video. 1- you said the vowel in the word ( man /mæn/ ) changed. do you think changed to /eɪ/ sound as in( gain /ɡeɪn/ ) . 2 in the word (bank /bæŋk/ ) the sound also changed to /eɪ/ /beɪŋk/. 3- do you think there is any change in the vowel /ɛ/ in the word (men /mɛn/). Thank you.

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So glad you enjoyed the lesson! In regards to your questions: 1- No, because then the word would be "main." 2- Yes, the sound in "bank" sounds more like /eɪ/. This is because of how the /ŋ/ impacts the vowel. I always coach my students to "aim for /eɪ/" when pronouncing BANK, THANK, SANG, etc. 3- To me, the vowel in MEN sounds either SILVER (ih) /I/ or RED (eh) /ɛ/ depending on the speaker

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