American English - AA [æ] Vowel - How to make the AA Vowel

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[foodlover]

OMG, I finally understand the way to say man, it's really hard to say it like "m-aa-uh-n". I always say it like " m-e-n"( using pure /e/) so that's why it doesnt sound correctly. Thank you Rachel, I love your videos

[gabybarzallo]

Your videos are literally changing my life! Thank you so much for your wonderful courses. You are helping out thousands of people out there who struggle to speak English clearly, fluently and with confidence

[VictorHugo-siwd]

Really interesting. Now I know that *"æ"* could be different in other cases. Thank you so much, Ms. Rachel.

[daytonamesss]

Why are your videos so great? I thought I already knew everything about [æ] sound. How wrong I was! Th[ei]nk you for your amazing work, Rachel!!

With endless love from Moscow!

[slkoay]

Thank you so much, Rachel! This is the best explanation ever on pronunciation of 'man', 'hand' and 'sang.' I always wondered why the actual sounds spoken are different from the IPA script.

[gobbueno]

The best AA sound class I've ever seen on Youtube. Great job, Rachel!

[amyschuhmann]

I've been trying to find such an explanation FOREVER! I am pretty good with accents but just couldn't figure out how the differences of ae work phonetically - and you really don't find it anywhere in the IPA! Thanks so much Rachel!

[ramzy-]

for AA [æ] sound is this
vowel changes when it’s followed by a nasal consonant only or all vowels also. Thank you Mrs. Rachel.

[gonzalezmorenomario]

1:10 Here she shows by example how to do the jaw movement
6:30 the difference between the syllable without stress and with unstressed
2:07 "backtrack" A great word that I did not know to pronounce
5IV2 GOMOMADI

[khaoulabenhamida]

I love your way to explain the sounds! It does make it much much easier for non-native (like me). Thank you Rachel ❤️

[eliudsrz]

This is by far the best video about the A sound I've ever seen. I'm so happy to confirm that my ears were never wrong. I guessed all of that except for the "ay" sound before "NG". I don't have enough words to appreciate this video. awesome!!!! I loved it!

[lukenantz]

Thank you so much for your videos, Rachel! I learn something with every lesson. And I'm a native speaker!

[dingmanable]

I’m from the Great Lakes area born and raised. I watched your video because of the way we pronounce the a sound in words like cat. One day maybe with your help I’ll learn how to say it properly 😂😂

[guillenhuertagabrielulises]

5IV2
0:38 it's a very good explanation,
1:30 wow a really good technique

[castelatus]

Very good! No English school in my country would teach me things like that. Thank you so much!

[jackiechiu]

I've never ever watched such a explicit lesson. Thank you so much.

[peter_castle]

4:52 That slow "hand" was also super useful.
Obviously, the whole channel and videos are, but I just point out some highlights.

[slenderman]

Could you do a video showing us about how this vowel is different from the /e/ vowel? It's very hard for me to distinguish it. I often pronounce the /ae/ vowel as /e/

[Kromag]

Sooo, wanted to say thanks for all the videos, they are all really detailed and are helping me improve my english in slight but very important details that I never noticed I was missing.

[geovannebma]

I can’t stress how much I learned from you