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shanghaidry t1_j1c5pbo wrote

Reply to comment by officepolicy in Does anyone else know someone that pronounces Cambridge with a soft "A" like jam? by officepolicy

Vowel length is a real thing.

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officepolicy OP t1_j1d9czz wrote

You can say a short vowel slowly though right?

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[deleted] t1_j1dxbiz wrote

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officepolicy OP t1_j1dy5d3 wrote

I can say both of those slowly. I honestly don’t see how saying those two vowels slowly shows which is long or short. Also a speech pathologist in the comments told me jam is not a short vowel (like hat, which I can say slowly just fine too.) Jam is a nasalize vowel influenced by an n or m after it

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