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Interesting, but not answering 'When changes occurred', 'Where changes occurred', or 'Why changes occurred'.
– Edwin Ashworth
Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 0:14
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There aren't five vowels in English. There are at least 10, depending on your accent.
– Peter Shor
Commented Mar 17, 2017 at 0:22
This is not true. Take the sound of a, in bank. There is no difference.
– Lambie
Commented Jan 25, 2019 at 21:44
@Lambie This is not so: Brit. /baŋk/ , U.S. /bæŋk/ (from OED) If you want to hear the spoken forms in various accents, try the dictionary at Word Reference Forums: wordreference.com/definition/bank.
– Greybeard
Commented Jun 20, 2020 at 8:55

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