birdeen's call
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I have a question about these vowels in English. The ɨ sound is one the six oral vowels in my language and I can remember being surprised that this isn't a common sound in other European languages. So I thought I'd try to understand this fact a little bit better now, and started to read about it. And to my great delight, I found out that the sound ɨ actually exists in English, in "roses" for example. Looking for other examples (different from "houses", etc.) I wondered about "mrs" I thought it could be the same sound in the end of it.
I looked it up and learned that its IPA symbol is ɪ. I've been thinking if I can see the difference and I think I can. But I have a doubt if native speakers can always tell it. Can they? Or maybe some would pronounce both with the same vowel? Which?
And finally, could you give me any other examples of ɨ's occurance in English that wouldn't be just like those I already know?
I looked it up and learned that its IPA symbol is ɪ. I've been thinking if I can see the difference and I think I can. But I have a doubt if native speakers can always tell it. Can they? Or maybe some would pronounce both with the same vowel? Which?
And finally, could you give me any other examples of ɨ's occurance in English that wouldn't be just like those I already know?