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It can have any of several sounds:

- short A (ant to rhyme with slant)

- umlaut A (as in Arthur)

- short O (ont to rhyme with font)

- AW (awnt to rhyme with haunt)

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Yes, the word "aunt" typically has a short a sound like in the word "ant."

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