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Why does except have a short vowel sound?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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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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