Assertion: diphthong's sound | /r/HasProperty | e
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text: In the previous module, we mentioned that the individual sound [e] doesn't usually show up in U.S. English; so, in our modified chart above, the vowel sound for bait is really
text: the second sound, Ay [ei] and [ai] is that recommended in the most phonetics text as more desirable to reduce stress on the comparatively unimportant vanish portion.
text: Assuming a difference in sound, the vowel i (long) is pronounced like the letter e (not the sound [e]), the vowel e (long) is pronounced like the ay in hay, a long u is pronounced like the double o in moon.