path · pass7/20
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path
US IPA: /pæθ/
pass
US IPA: /pæs/
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
The vowel is the same in both words, though it changes with the accent: American voices say the a of cat, most others the longer a of father. So the whole difference is the breath at the end.
Pass ends on a sharp, high hiss. Path ends on a soft, flat breath that sounds more like f than s, and even native speakers mix up th and f. So if the end sounds like f, or like hardly anything at all, it's path.
研究： Thomson 2018
听辨要点
TH 是柔和、平缓的气流声，S 是尖锐的嘶嘶声。
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