English Pronunciation 👄 Short Vowel /ʌ/ - ‘strut’, ‘mud’ & ‘love’

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This is a short vowel sound - it's pronounced  /ʌ/. Now you try repeat after me: /ʌ/ /ʌ/
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Now here are some words which have  this sound: 'strut', 'mud', 'love',  
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'blood'. Now you try - listen carefully and repeat  after me: 'strut', 'mud', 'love', 'blood'. Good.
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For speakers of some languages, it may be  difficult to tell the difference between  
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this sound the short vowel /ʌ/ and another sound  the short vowel /æ/. Listen carefully to hear the  
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difference. For each example, I'll say the word with  the vowel /ʌ/ first: 'uncle' - 'ankle', 'bunk' - 'bank', 'but' - 'bat' -  
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'cup' - 'cap', 'swum' - 'swam'. Now you try - listen carefully  and repeat after me: 'uncle' - 'ankle', 'bunk' - 'bank', 'but' - 'bat' - 
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'cup' - 'cap', 'swum' - 'swam'. Good.
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