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  1. In U.S. speech \ä\ is pronounced with little or no rounding of the lips, and it is fairly long in du-ration, especially before voiced consonants. In southern England \ä\ is usually accompanied by some lip rounding and is relatively short in duration. The vowel \ \ generally has appreciable lip rounding.

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  4. www-ccs.cs.umass.edu › mw › Mwed00000005Guide to Pronunciation

    The pronunciations \'fe-by&-"wer-E\ and \'fe-b&-"wer-E\ (indicated simultaneously by the use of parentheses) are similarly marked at the entry for February \÷'fe-b(y)&-"wer-E, 'fe-br&-\, even though they are the most frequently heard pronunciations, because some people insist that both r's should be pronounced. The obelus applies only to that ...

  5. \e\ as e in bet, bed, and peck \'E, "E\ as ea in beat and easy, as the first e in evenly, as ee in nosebleed \f\ as f in fifty and cuff \g\ as g in go, big, and gift \h\ as h in hat and ahead \hw\ as wh in whale as pronounced by those who do not have the same pronunciation for both whale and wail \i\

  6. Pronunciation symbols are printed in roman type and all other information, such as labels and notes, is printed in italics. \ˈˌ\. A high-set stress mark precedes a syllable with primary (strongest) stress; a low-set mark precedes a syllable with secondary (medium) stress; a third level of weak stress requires no mark at all: \ˈpen-mən ...

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