Man or men? /æ/ and /e/

It's a new year! Let's smash some language learning goals and flex those pronunciation muscles! In this episode of English Sound Building, we work on distinguishing between the /æ/ and /e/ sounds. The way in which these sounds is pronounced varies a lot between different varieties of English. Depending on your language background, you may also find it difficult to distinguish between them. Although mastering the distinction is absolutely not essential to be understood, it's fun ...

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Join me, Tamsin, to smash some English language learning goals and flex your pronunciation muscles! English Sound Building is an advanced pronunciation podcast where *you* do the work to build muscle, muscle memory, and master new sounds. Each episode will focus on one or two British English sounds, looking at how they're pronounced in common words, and then practising them in some trickier phrases. Always remember that successful communication is possible in any one of the thousands of global English accents. This podcast is for those of you who enjoy playing with sound 😊