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track · truck How to hear the difference

track · truck7/20
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track
US IPA: /træk/
truck
US IPA: /trʌk/
Speed
  • American woman, younger
  • American woman, older
  • American man, younger
  • American man, older
  • British woman, younger
  • British woman, older
  • British man, younger
  • British man, older
  • Australian woman
  • Australian man

What's different

Before an r, the t sounds almost like ch, so both words start "chr-". That start is identical, and so is the k at the end: everything rides on the vowel in between.

Track opens into a wide, bright æ, and truck stays short and relaxed. The k cuts both vowels short, so don't listen for length; listen for how open the mouth sounds.

研究: Lambacher et al. 2002 · Lambacher et al. 2005 · Nishi & Kewley-Port 2007

聽辨重點

æ(hat)寬而明亮,ʌ(hut)短而放鬆。

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