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Wait... where does bag not rhyme with vague?
by scarlson 13y ago
Wait... where does bag not rhyme with vague?
- voidlogic 13y agoYeah, I assume by the parent poster down south?
- nandemo 13y agoI'm not a native English speaker myself, but this is what's usually taught as "standard" American English: bag /bæɡ/ vague /veɪɡ/ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bag#Pronunciation http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bag#Pronunciation http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vague#Pronunciation http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vague#Pronunciation Another example, which is also a minimal pair, is "bat" vs. "bait". If you look at the posted article you can probably find the exact dialects that pronounce these words like that. But I'm pretty sure "bag" doesn't rhyme with "vague" in most English dialects (including British and Australian dialects), even if they don't use /æ/ and /eɪ/.
- mindcrime 13y agoWell, North Carolina, at least. Those aren't words you hear on TV or in movies a lot, I guess, so it's hard to say which version is "generic American English" to the extent that there is such a thing.