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The word "claim" has a long A sound. (klaym)

If you stretch the sound of the letter A, it can sound like "A,E" because it is phonetically two distinct vocal movements, like U (YU) and I (I, E). That is one reason they are referred to as long vowels.

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The word "claim" has a long a sound as in "name", not a long e sound as in "beam".

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