bed vs bad...American pronunciation
bed vs bad

In American pronunciation, when you guys pronounce these two words.
Do you feel the mouth opening is of different degrees? I mean, does your mouth open a bit bigger in "bad" than in "bed"?

Question

bed vs bad...American pronunciation
bed vs bad

In American pronunciation, when you guys pronounce these two words.
Do you feel the mouth opening is of different degrees? I mean, does your mouth open a bit bigger in "bad" than in "bed"?

Answer

I feel my lips a little more open and my cheeks a bit more puffed out with "bad".

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Try this website:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/english.html

Look for "vowels, monophthong, front." The sounds you want are in the second column, second and third rows.

I can hardly see the difference on that website and I can't even say what I feel when I say them.

They sound quite different to a native English speaker who's used to hearing them. However, your speech will be easily understood if you use the wrong one.

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