[General] [seek for help] Does e in error sound like a instead of /ɛ/ ?

[wyzcrr]

Does e in error sound like a instead of /ɛ/ ? if yes , why? I am always being told e should be pronounced as /ɛ/ . But when I hear people say word "error", it sounds like a-rror.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It sounds the a in "arrow".

 

[Roman55]

It sounds like /ɛ/ to me. In fact, the whole word is pronounced exactly like 'terror' without the 't'.

 

[emsr2d2]

I've never heard "error" pronounced as if the first letter were like the "a" in "arrow".

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes they are.

 

[MikeNewYork]

"I've never heard "error" pronounced as if the first letter were like the "a" in "arrow"."

That's how I say it and how I hear it spoken. How do you say it?

 

[Roman55]

So, the question now is, how do you pronounce 'arrow'?

 

[emsr2d2]

The UK pronunciation of both words are on Forvo.

Click HERE for "error".
Click HERE for "arrow".

If you scroll to the bottom of each list, you can hear my pronunciation!