Picante, Jose, etc.
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The EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
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Usually you say clem-ay-tis but if you say it fast it may sound more like clim-ay-tis.
The digraph ae is almost always pronounced as a long E (e.g. algae). However, words from Scottish, such as hae (have) and brae are usually pronounced with an "ay" sound.
Here are a few words that have an ey ending that sounds like a: grey, hey, obey.
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
Almost all of the words that end in AY with an "ay" sound (bay, day, hay, say) are at the end of a syllable. It is the AI words that often do not (gain, sail, maim). Other words that have a long A sound are spelled with EY, including obey, prey, and grey. Also words from French that end in E, EE, or ET have a long A sound, such as cafe, soiree, gourmet, buffet.
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Most AI words sound like long A as in AY - maid, waif, maim, nail, main, fair, baitOnly some sound like E or I : said, aisle
The "ay" sound in words like "day," "way," and "play" is a common phoneme for rhyming words.
Yes, "ray" and "day" do rhyme. Both words end with the same "ay" sound.
The word "says" (sez) is a unique sound for the AY, but it is related to the past tense "said" (sed) where the AI also has a short E sound, as in the words "again" and "against." The A word many also has a short E sound.
The pronunciation of Aiken, South Carolina is AY-kin. The "Ay" sound should sound like the "ay" sound in "hay" or "way." The "ken" sound should sound like the word "kin."
Yes. The AY has the long A sound.