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There are three major pronunciations of want, two of them short sounds.
-- short O (to rhyme with font)
-- caret O (to rhyme with haunt)*
-- short U (to rhyme with bunt)
*primarily British English (wawnt-ed)
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe A in want usually has a short O vowel sound, as in font and Vermont.
In some pronunciations, it is a caret O (wawnt) or short U (wunt).
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoNo. It usually has a short O or short U vowel sound, to rhyme with font or stunt.
In some dialects, it has a caret O (aw/or) sound, which is (wawnt)
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoNo, but it has 3 others:
- short O as in font
- caret O as in haunt (British English)
- short U (colloquial English, to rhyme with hunt)
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