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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It absolutely doesn't have a hard E vowel sound. Except when my deep south relatives say it.

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[–] DrunkenDuckling@lemmus.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because it's not a "hard" E.... it's a mid-central vowel in "foreign" (schwa): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel (like when going "uh")

Proof in an American dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign

While "ei" in "Neighbor" is NOT a schwa, it's an "ay": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neighbor

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[–] LostCarcosan@lemmy.today 1 point 1 month ago*

Yes, you are correct that it does not have a hard E sound

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