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In General American , the checked vowels are:
  • as in ''bit''

  • as in ''bet''

  • as in ''bat''

  • as in ''put''

  • as in ''but''


The free vowels are:
  • as in ''bee''

  • (also transcribed ) as in ''bay''

  • as in ''boo''

  • (also transcribed ) as in ''toe'', ''no''

  • as in ''paw'' (doesn't occur in varieties with the Low Back Merger ).

  • as in ''bra''

  • as in ''burr''

  • as in ''buy''

  • as in ''cow'', ''now''

  • as in ''boy''


The Schwa and Rhotacized schwa are usually considered neither free nor checked, since they cannot stand in stressed syllables at all.

The terms checked vowel and '''free vowel''' correspond closely to the terms '''lax Vowel''' And '''tense Vowel''' respectively, but many linguists prefer to use the terms ''checked'' and ''free'' as there is no clearcut phonetic definition of vowel tenseness, and since by most attempted definitions of tenseness and are considered lax, even though they behave in American English as free vowels.

Only a few Interjection s like ''nah'' , ''yeah'' , ''uh'' , ''duh'' have a checked vowel at the end.


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