stir · star7/20
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Hear both words in 10 voices
Each row is one speaker saying both words. Play one, then the other, and switch to slow when the difference hides.
stir
US IPA: /stɝ/
star
US IPA: /stɑr/
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
After s, the t has no puff of air, so the vowel starts at once and you hear all of it. Star opens wide: the jaw drops for a clear "ah". Stir barely opens: it's the muffled "er" of bird, with the jaw only slightly open.
American voices give a second clue. Stir is r-colored from its very first moment, so the whole vowel sounds like one long r. Star starts on a plain "ah" and only curls into r at the end. British and Australian voices drop the r, so compare how far the mouth opens.
聽辨重點
ɜː（heard）含糊、位置居中，ɑː（hard）開口大、清楚。
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