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Extremely interesting. The first is forward
(correctly placed, in my vocal lexicon), the second is
"normal" American AH, while the last two are backward.
For me.
Actually, the first one replicates the sound that
happens in my mouth when I think of a forward, upper
"UH" sound. So I guess I do have a rather more
forward concept of UH than most people.
I take it that this AH vowel ("File") is the more
Italianate sound? Both of my Italian diction books go
out of their way to say that all vowels in Italian are
brighter and more forward than their American
counterparts.
Isabelle B.
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