| ha la ma pa ta | aft bath blast bra brass cast chaff clasp class craft daft draft fast gasp glass graft grasp grass hasp last mast pass past path raft rasp shaft ska spa staff vast | ask bask cask flask mask task | basket cantata casket debacle drama father lager lava master nasty panorama plaster plaza pyjamas rather saga sonata staccato strata Some accents e.g. South Australian advance chance dance France glance lance prance stance trance |
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Either a British person or Sarah Palin made this list. There’s two different vowels here: /ɑ/ and /æ/
/ɑ/: ha, la, ma, pa, ta, bra, ska, spa, saga, sonata, staccato, cantata, debacle, drama, father, lager, lava, plaza, pyjamas
/æ/: aft, bath, blast, brass, cast, chaff, clasp, class, craft, daft, draft, fast, gasp, glass, graft, grasp, grass, hasp, last, mast, pass, past, path, raft, rasp, shaft, staff, vast, ask, bask, cask, flask, mask, task, basket, cantata, casket, master, nasty, panorama, plaster, rather, strata
I’m neither British nor Sarah Palin (nor a fan of hers), I’m Australian. There are two different vowels in some accents e.g. most US English, but only one in Australian English. British Received Pronunciation has these as one sound, but in many northern UK accents, what you say does apply, there are two different vowels. Perhaps I should make it clearer that these lists are written in Australian English, and specifically using the IPA transcriptions in the Macquarie Dictionary.
Love your site love that you use the IPA. I refer to your lists many times a week. Thank you.
For words such as class, pass, grass-do you teach the students long a or a says r?
Ahh not long a-short a (like an English accent). My mum says pass, bath, class -all with short a
I think your accent must be different from mine, I don’t really understand the question. I teach a as in grass as a way to spell /ar/, as that’s how it’s pronounced in General Australian English. But often I encourage kids to say these words with an American accent, as that helps with spelling. All Aussie kids are familiar with American English from TV and movies. Alison
If you are teaching in South Australia you might include words such as dance, chance and France in this list.