Learn English – Difference between ɒ and ɔ: in terms of sound

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Are they same, like, allophones? To me, they sound like same?

Best Answer

For much of the U.S., if you can feel your tongue move backward but not down, so that your mouth is more closed, between saying 'a' with the meaning 'a single one' without emphasis and then starting to say 'on', then that is the difference. You may not hear it much, but many people can still feel it happening.

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