How to say 'aw' in a word (law vs. low) | American English Pronunciation | Vowels

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Today we're going to discuss the spelling pattern AW - 'aw', as in "law", 'aw'.

Now, we've already established that spelling and pronunciation do

not always correspond in English.

And this is a really good example.

Because although you have a W there, right?

- 'law', we did not round our lips to make a /w/ sound.

It is not 'low', all right?

That's a different word.

We say 'laa', 'laa'.

So remember: whenever the W appears after an A, it represents together the

'aa' as an 'father' vowel sound - 'laa'.

Now, in some dialects, you'll hear it as a more rounded sound - 'lɔ'.

That's also okay.

The most important thing is that you have to remember: it is not a changing vowel.

It's not 'low', it's "law".

"awful" and not 'owful'.

"awesome": 'aa', 'awesome', and not 'owesome'.

Right?

Let's look at a few more words: draw, dawn, crawl, lawn.

'aa'.

All right.

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