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The accented syllable in the word "except" is the second syllable, of which the vowel is an open-mid front unrounded vowel, represented in IPA as /ɛ/. The entire pronunciation of except is /ik-sept/ (transcribed in IPA as /ɪkˈsɛpt/.
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Why does except have a short vowel sound?
In common use, the word "except" has two short E (eh) sounds (ek-sehpt).Some pronunciations show the first syllable as a short I (ik-sehpt), probably to distinguish this from accept, which is often colloquially pronounced the same as except, although it ideally has an (ah) sound as the first syllable.
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