How do you pronounce 'sang'?

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	Marvin A.  #305248  Tue, 19 Dec 06 06:34 AM What vowel do you use in the word 'sang'?  [æ] or [eI] or something else?    Marvin A. Joined on Fri, Dec 8 2006 Regular Member (638)
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	Englishuser  #305332  Tue, 19 Dec 06 01:01 PM Hi, I use /æ/. Englishuser    Englishuser Joined on Thu, Mar 30 2006 Regular Member (717)

	Alienvoord  #305408  Tue, 19 Dec 06 06:23 PM I have [eI] before voiced velars. "sang", "bag", "bagel", "flag" etc.    Alienvoord Joined on Tue, Jul 25 2006 Toronto Full Member (315) I'm a Canadian English speaker

	Marvin A.  #305412  Tue, 19 Dec 06 06:28 PM  Alienvoord wrote: I have [eI] before voiced velars. "sang", "bag", "bagel", "flag" etc. Do you have the bag-bang-beg-vague-bay merger?    Marvin A.

	Alienvoord  #305428  Tue, 19 Dec 06 07:03 PM  Marvin A. wrote:  Alienvoord wrote: I have [eI] before voiced velars. "sang", "bag", "bagel", "flag" etc. Do you have the bag-bang-beg-vague-bay merger? No. "beg" is E and "bay is [eI] or [ej] - actually the vowel in "bay" is slightly different than the vowel in "bag" and "bang", but I'm not sure how to describe it. I think it's higher and more diphthongized.    Alienvoord
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	Conchita57  #351291  Sun, 15 Apr 07 11:11 PM I pronounce the vowel in 'sang' as .    Conchita57 Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Madrid, Iberian Peninsula Full Member (315) In the beginning was the word.
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	CalifJim  #351297  Sun, 15 Apr 07 11:19 PM What vowel do you use in the word 'sang'?  [æ] or [eI] or something else? More like [æ], but actually something else, I'd say.  Probably closer to [æI], but with only a fleeting [ I ], and certainly without making it two syllables like this [sæ -  IN]. CJ    CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member (15,968) "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche
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	Kooyeen  #351350  Mon, 16 Apr 07 01:41 AM Umm I guess I would say something like /sɛəŋ/, sounds like "seh-uh-ng"... I guess I never use /æ/ before n or m.    Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member (3,706) *Parental Advisory*Explicit Posts

	Marvin A.  #351369  Mon, 16 Apr 07 03:46 AM >> I guess I would say something like /sɛəŋ/, sounds like "seh-uh-ng"... I guess I never use /æ/ before n or m. << Hmm. Why do you pronounce it like /sɛəŋ/? I've never heard a native speaker do that. I would recommend using [ æ ] or [ e ] before /ŋ/. It's fine to use [ ɛə ] before /n/ or /m/, but not before /ŋ/.    Marvin A.