Phonics - ae

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Ju

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ae ai ay ei eigh

Eg.
ai : paint
ay : say
ei : vein
eigh : weigh
ae : ?

The above letters sound the same. But I can't find the examples for the letter "ae"

Can anyone help? Thanks.
 

Raymott

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'ae' has various pronunciations.
In US English, words like aesthetics, anaemia, etc. have lost the 'a'. (Just as the 'oe' digraph has lost the 'o' - foetus, oesophagus, etc.)
Not all 'ae' or 'oe' combinations are digraphs though.

https://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-spelled-with-ae/
 
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