Yes, the word "anchor" has a long vowel sound in the first syllable ("an-").
No. The A has a short A sound as in angle and sank.
The 'a' in 'anchor' is a SHORT vowel sound. Tanker is pronounced TANG-KER not TAING-KER Anchor is pronounced ANG-KER not AING-KER CAN is a short 'a', CANKER (as in sore) is a short 'a' The confusion comes when trying to pronouce a short 'a' along with the 'ng' sound. wrong answer: (No, the 'a' in 'anchor' is a long vowel sound.)
The O is easy, it's a schwa sound. The A sound is a short A, but the N following the A is palletalized (softened). The A starts out as a short A sound, but then the tongue moves in preparation for the N and makes it sound as if a consonant-Y sound follows the A. It sounds different than the short A in "antler" for example. This is common among words with an "ang" or "ank" sound. See the web page at the related link below.
Some words that have the same beginning sound as "apple" are apricot, anchor, and actor.
No. The A has a short A sound as in angle and sank.
Yes, the word "anchor" has a long vowel sound in the first syllable ("an-").
The 'a' in 'anchor' is a SHORT vowel sound. Tanker is pronounced TANG-KER not TAING-KER Anchor is pronounced ANG-KER not AING-KER CAN is a short 'a', CANKER (as in sore) is a short 'a' The confusion comes when trying to pronouce a short 'a' along with the 'ng' sound. wrong answer: (No, the 'a' in 'anchor' is a long vowel sound.)
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Lower the anchor, quickly!The anchor snapped off the ship.We have found an anchor close to the suspected shipwreck site.
The sound the anchor makes when it hits the water
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It depends what meaning you give for anchor. I'll use the kind of anchor for a ship: The boat dropped anchor and two passengers got out. Hope it helped!
This is the spot they told me about; slide in the anchor so we can start to fish.