Man or men? /æ/ and /e/

It's a new year! Let's smash some language learning goals and flex those pronunciation muscles! In this episode of English Sound Building, we work on distinguishing between the /æ/ and /e/ sounds. The way in which these sounds is pronounced varies a lot between different varieties of English. Depending on your language background, you may also find it difficult to distinguish between them. Although mastering the distinction is absolutely not essential to be understood, it's fun to...