I was always taught that 'ee' and 'ea' are quite bright and long vowels, but when you listen to some people saying the word "career", it actually sounds dark, more like "carriir"
You’re right-some people pronounce that word with a more relaxed ir sound at the end. I think that would be considered an acceptable variation because it doesn’t change the sound so much that it sounds like another word or is is unrecognizable. Some things are just not “hills to die on”, if you know what I mean. 😉
This video is very insightful.
Thanks for watching! 🙂
I was always taught that 'ee' and 'ea' are quite bright and long vowels, but when you listen to some people saying the word "career", it actually sounds dark, more like "carriir"
You’re right-some people pronounce that word with a more relaxed ir sound at the end. I think that would be considered an acceptable variation because it doesn’t change the sound so much that it sounds like another word or is is unrecognizable. Some things are just not “hills to die on”, if you know what I mean. 😉
@@pronunciationsnippets "A hill to die on" - that's a great snippet :) thank you!
The schwa is NOT always unstressed. The short Uu is the schwa. seven-sev-in ✅
The ooh is NOT used in English. We just use the schwa.