Chinglish

[Benjamin Barrett]

I just did, too. I hear the vowel of "scene" as identical or close to
that of "sing". That of "sin" sounds completely different. Different
vowels for different folks, I guess. FWIW BB

On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Herb Stahlke wrote:

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> I just listened to the M-W.com pronunciations of "sin," "sing," and
> "scene."  In that speaker's pronunciation "sing" very clearly has the
> vowel of "sin," not of "scene."

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