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Is the vowel in want long or short?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The word want has several pronunciations:

short O - as in font

caret O - as in haunt *

short U - as in bunt

*In this British English version, it is closest to a long vowel, as AW is the British equivalent of the US "or" sound (as in for, force, and horse).

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12y ago

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