A friend of mine invented a new way of teaching English vowel sounds. There's a card-game version of this method that adults, kids can play. We tried the card

A friend of mine invented a new way of teaching English vowel sounds. There's a card-game version of this method that adults, kids can play. We tried the card game version with a room full of native "American" English speakers... but I first learned English in "Deep South" USA. Another player was Latina from Los Angeles... It was very interesting: I discovered that I could hear vowels that they could not. They think they pronounce "o" in "orange" about the same as "o" in dog. While Southern USA would say "ahringe dawg", but we can also pronounce a more neutral "orange" but it's not the same as a West Coast standard accent. I used to be really into these distinctions, trying to place people on the map from their choice of words and accent. If you like this sort of thing, want to learn a new way to experience English accents, you might like the Color Vowel Chart: https://colorvowel.com https://colorvowel.com