Ʌ, also known as Arc or aarrcc, is one of the pseudonyms of Xavier Valentin… Read Full Bio ↴Ʌ, also known as Arc or aarrcc, is one of the pseudonyms of Xavier Valentine, a dark electronic artist from Providence, Rhode Island, United States. His album "Wire Migraine" was released on January 1st 2011 on digital and is fully listenable for free here:
http://aarrcc.bandcamp.com/track/wire-migraine
The album will be released on vinyl by AMDISCS and on cassette by GDP.

On the October 21st 2011 a new studio album entitled "Solar System" was released, and its full streaming is available here.

In the same year, Xavier also started a collaboration with Brady Gunnell, giving life to the Abe Sada project and releasing a studio album.

Links:
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/aaarrrccc?ref=ts
Official website: http://cargocollective.com/arc

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Ʌ Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Ʌ:

CHERRY Are you ready? Free, free, baby, Boy, when you look at me,…
EARTH Try to rewind, find the love that we had Oh yeah When…
Focus Je ne pense qu’à level up À palper l’enveloppe Tu tombes dan…
HEY YOU Hey girl I really like you Believe it ‘cause I swear I…
Is This Love 아무도 내 맘을 채우지 못해 Why am I doing this 아무도 내…
JUPITER seems we're all looking for to find all the little thing…
MARS Yeah yeah Yeah yeah Oh oh Baby you playing You playing the f…
MOON You can bet that the moon will be out in…
Neptune Mes démons dansent la Macarena pendant qu'moi j'me barre à…

NOTHING Some days I ain't feel alright Some days imma be ok Some…
PERSEPHONE I bid you take my life I bid you take my…
PLUMS Stringimi addosso Piangimi forte Vesti di rosso Voglio le go…
PLUTO Wake up in the morning I'm on Pluto Champ Élysée spending…
SATURN She don't really love me so I sent her straight…
SUGAR I'm hurting, baby, I'm broken down I need your loving, lovin…
Sun Stay still, don’t breathe, stop crying No one on Earth can…
TAR Peel away the skin that hides your face Show me who…
the pin Runaways, we're the long lost children Running to the edge o…
TOO BAD Not one who fights with her teeth and claws For a…
TOUS LES GARCONS ET LES FILLES J'me suis posé un soir, dans un de ces bars…

VENUS Y por la noche Salió a caminar Para encontrar En el suelo Lo…

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Sounds American

6y↑4

+Richard F , you're welcome! Glad you like our channel and the videos!
About the /ʌ/ sound.
Your confusion may result from the fact, that the same vowel can be long or short depending on the following sound. This is what it means:
in all your examples we pronounce the /ʌ/ sound:
"couple " - /ˈkʌp·l/
"but" - /bʌt/
"club" - /klʌb/
'come" - /kʌm/
However, in the words "couple" and "but," the /ʌ/ is followed by the voiceless consonant sounds /p/ and /t/, respectively.
So, the /ʌ/ is pronounced shorter, than in the words "club" or "come," where it's followed by the voiced consonants.
This is called the "Vowel Length" rule, which says "a vowel is shorter before a voiceless consonant and longer before a voiced one.
BTW, we talk about this in our Stop Sounds Overview video, you can check it out if you want:
https://youtu.be/yFPbLcUCraQ?t=366

We must say you've got a great ear since you were able to catch these minor differences! Hope our explanation helps and let us know if you have other questions!

All comments from YouTube:

Sounds American

2y↑5

🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ʌ/ sound:
https://soundsamerican.net/article/vowel_sound_uh_as_in_us

Sinead Bolton

4y↑121

I’m a native English speaker, and I recommend all of my language partners to take a look at your channel. This is a really helpful resource for so many people.

Sounds American

4y↑11

Thank you! 🤗🖖

The Threeler

3y↑3

You are right Bolton

Débora Santos

5y↑8

Please, keep on posting . It’s such an amazing channel for people who want to get better their accent ♥️

Sounds American

5y↑1

+Débora Santos Glad you like our channel! Sure, we will. Stay tuned!

Leonardo Cadena

@Sounds American And don't forget to launch your app :D

1996 cheng

47w↑1

Thanks so much. This is the best pronunciation channel I've found. Professional really problem-solving. With the pictures, I now have a clear understanding of the correct jaw and tongue positions for pronouncing English words. As a result, I feel more confident and empowered to speak English.

Sounds American

47w

Happy to help! Best of luck with your study!

César Ramírez

4y↑15

I just found this channel and I couldn't be more grateful. Because of quarantine, classes are being given online and I can't properly understand how to make the sounds. But it all has changed ever I found this community. The hope to approve my English Pronunciation class has been recovered. Thanks, greeting from El Salvador.

Sounds American

4y↑1

Glad that our videos are helpful! Let us know if you have any questions!☺️👋

Maricarmen Valladares

I thought this was the schwa sound

Đức Thuận

2y↑8

I started learning American English a few days ago, and I find it very difficult to pronounce /ə/ (Schwa) and /ʌ/ because it is quite similar. Do you have a video on how to distinguish those 2 sounds? . I used google translate to ask this question for you. thank you very much

Sounds American

2y↑12

The /ə/ and /ʌ/ are essentially the same sound, there's almost no difference. The /ʌ/ sound is used in stressed syllables, but /ə/ is used only in the unstressed ones.

El Ti-Teacher Josué

44w

But why still using the ^?

Terry Guire

4y↑1

Very helpful. The pie chart at the end especially. Provided many examples!

Sounds American

👍👋

jitendra jit

2y↑4

Hey Man so impressed by your work.. I'm an English coach but I'm learning so many new things here

Sounds American

2y↑1

Awesome, thank you!

natalya

2y↑1

This is the most useful and helpful resource I've ever seen. So grateful to you!

Sounds American

You're so welcome!

Victor Hernandez

Comment or proposal. I am teaching Spanish. Then, to improve the pronunciation of my students, I designed the following exersice: "say all the vowels in a row and aloud; at the beginning a-e-i-o-u, but after that, randomly". It allows them to improve their pronunciation and obtain confidence. QUESTION: Is it possible to do something similar in English??? ...... That allows the student to clearly distinguish one sound from another and greatly improves pronunciation. ..... Is it possible to make a video with that exercise??? They would be the vowels of the videos: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12. I think that video would be very useful for all English students.

Daniel Gutiérrez

Amazing class!! Thanks a lot!!

Sounds American

Glad you liked it!

Richard F

6y↑2

First of all thank you very much for your channel, it’ll help us a lot, the graphic design is wonderful, I really like it seems like an App. Precisely the /ʌ/ sound it’s quite difficult to me, I “feel” it sound in some words more like a relaxed ‘a’ (like in couple or but), and in others like a shy 'o' (like in club or come).

Sounds American

6y↑4

Daniela Bize

Does the dark L also affect the quality of the sound? It sounds a bit different to me in the video when followed by a dark lateral

Axel Somerseth

2y↑2

I love this channel. These videos are so helpful.

priyadarshini rathore

5y↑1

Your channel is amazing. It is helping me to improve my accents. My English is not that much good like others bt I m working on it. From your channel I m learning a lot. Thank u sooooooooo....much .😊😊😊

Sounds American

You're welcome!

The Threeler

3y↑2

These days I am listening to this channel. I have found this channel very very helpful to improve pronunciation to get native touch.

Marco Antonio Morales Cruz

3y↑1

Super explanation!!! You give me more ideas for muy clases. Above all, more examples.

Brandon Lima

6y↑7

Thank you so much guys. I really appreciate your help!!!

Sounds American

6y↑2

+Brandon Lima you're welcome! 👋😁

Corina Nimatuj

3y↑4

I think I can pronounce it well when it's at the beginning of the word, but I find it hard when it's after B like in "but"

Jeongmin

2y↑1

This is crazy helpful!

Sounds American

Glad it was helpful!

Lica Rodionoff

In American English, the ʌ in the verb /ʌpˈsɛt/ is more of a schwa and the ʌ in the noun /ˈʌpsɛt/ is more of an A. Why? The accent on the ʌ makes all the difference. That is, an accentuated ʌ is pronounced almost A (like A in FATHER), but an unaccentuated ʌ is pronounced almost schwa.
Meanwhile in Standard British English, ʌ is mostly A regardless of the accent on the ʌ.

Taher ELsayed

49w↑1

Thank you for the explanation, it was very good.

Drake Lee

3y↑5

Hello,
Could you kindly make a video to help people distinguish /^/ and /uh/.
Thanks a lot!

Sounds American

We'd love to, but this is kind of hard. The thing is, the // and // are essentially the same sound. One occurs in stressed syllables and the other in unstressed ones. Check out our post on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDg/community?lb=UgwEkSI1PRYRVRdUAE14AaABCQ

Clarissa Bias

4y↑4

Using this for an ESL lesson - thanks!

Sounds American

4y↑1

Excellent! Glad we could help! :)

TheSunshinefee

3y↑1

The instruction for the previous sound and this one is the same. I find it difficult to produce different sounds. do you have any advice how to distinguish the both of them?

Sounds American

3y↑1

Good question, we explained it in this post, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwEkSI1PRYRVRdUAE14AaABCQ

TheSunshinefee

3y↑1

@Sounds American thank you. It clears things up. I'm not that stupid as I thought I was

Sounds American

You're not stupid at all! You're learning one of the most difficult subjects and you're digging deep! Love your questions, btw.

la casa de papel

5y↑1

hi. this channel is so useful. i liked it so much. but i have a request ! where are the list of all the words about these sounds? I'll be so happy

Sounds American

Not sure if you're looking for the words from practice exercises or for a list of all American English sounds. If you need words, check description boxes under the videos, we provide transcripts for all videos there. All transcripts include words from practice exercises.
If you're looking for a list of sounds, here's a link to a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rvqAbjwRxzBAcHOrPe4dlJdO6Q5wLIWZ7QH4mEy_YDY/edit?usp=sharing

la casa de papel

@Sounds American thank u so much

•『Leslie animations』•

2y↑1

Este video me lo pusieron en la clase de inglés, y ahora me encuentro enseñándole inglés a mi prima de 15 años cuando yo tengo 10 👌

This video was put to me in English class, and now, and now I find myself teaching English to my 15-year-old cousin when i have 10 years old 👌

Sounds American

2y↑1

That's awesome! 👍🤗

Sounds American

2y↑1

Say "hi" to your cousin from us!

Van Hellsing

Bueno tú prima no es muy buena que digamos

Cynthia Reid

3y↑2

This channel is amazing!

Moe Ali

amazing 😍

thanks our master 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓

Jane Liu

4y↑14

When /ʌ/ is followed by dark L in words like "bulb", "bulk", is it less like a pure /ʌl/ ? It does not sound as much as a pure /ʌl/ in "color" to me though. Thanks!

itscrystalclear

4y↑1

I thought the same thing! "Bulb" does not sound any close to "bus"

Calin Cucuietu

ʌ is conventionally a sound. Actually because of the stress and stuff, in reality ʌ is a combination of /a/ and schwa. You dont have to stress about it. Pronounce it a as in father always. You will be right always. To understand it, use the context and the other sounds around and the concept of combination a wrote of above.

Mehdi Ferasat

5y↑3

Hi Sounds English
In all the vowel charts I have checked, the vowel /ʌ/ is below /ə/, meaning that when pronouncing /ʌ/, your mouth should be more open. I'm just wondering why in your charts it appears above /ə/!

Anarkista Xerez

Conozco un sonido parecido pero más cerrado y es del idioma ruso representado por la letra bl rusa

강영미

4y↑1

Hello!I practice these lessones each day. You are awesome. By the way can you compair on, ago, up? They are very confused koreans like me. I think we have same sound but just one sound not like them. Pretty please.

Sounds American

Hello there! Glad you like our videos! :) About your suggestion, are you asking about the comparison between the /ə/ and /ʌ/ sounds?

강영미

@Sounds American there are for examples ; ago, above, abrupt : us, up, bus, but : on all boss call . can you compair them?

Sounds American

The /ə/ vowel as in "ago" or "above" and the /ʌ/ vowel as in "us" or "bus" are essentially the same sound. The words "on" or "boss" are pronounced with the / ɑ / sound. We already have a video that compares the /ʌ/ and the / ɑ / sounds, just as you wanted :). Here's the link: https://youtu.be/MqcCCFptaJk
Let us know if you have questions!

Vladimir Ristevski

4y↑3

So in AmE the difference between the /ʌ/ sound and the /ə/ is that the latter is unstressed and the first is stressed?

Sounds American

4y↑4

Yes, you're right. The /ə/ and the /ʌ/ are basically the same sound, they just appear in different types of syllables. In this video, we responded to a similar question: https://youtu.be/U5Oro6v0klg?t=787 Check it out. Hope it helps!

Ossama Albitar

2y↑1

Thanks alot!

O Indigenous

7y↑1

This channel is useful I wondering if you have a website where I can learn more Pronunciation. It is worth to pay for it

Sounds American

+Oliver Sales Oliver, thank you! Glad you like Sounds American :). We're building our website and will launch it soon. Stay tuned :).

marijune

4y↑1

Super useful

Sounds American

Glad to hear that!

jorge mauricio cuartas arias

44w↑1

great lesson, thank´s a lot!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds American

43w

Glad you liked it!

Martin Zhunior

2y↑1

Would you please make a video on -ed endings?

Sounds American

Thank you for your suggestion.

Ramzy - رمزى

4y↑1

great video

SpanishInput

I find that for me it can be hard to accept that all those words have the same sound, so I decided to close my eyes and let my ears accept it first.

Sounds American

3y↑1

Did it work?

SpanishInput

@Sounds American Yes, it does help to close your eyes and just listen!

Daniel Zambrano

7y↑6

What a good Job! Keep going! Sincerely, your friend from South America!

Sounds American

Thank you, Daniel!

Teacher Tina

3y↑1

Thanks for the video! Where are the statistics taken from?

Sounds American

You're welcome. The statistics comes from the 11K of most common English words.

Hoàng Cường

4y↑2

What's the difference between /ʌl/ and /oʊ/? My ears heard the part /ʌl/ is exactly the same as the word so /soʊ/. So the question is that both /ʌl/ and /oʊ/ are the same pronunciation, isn't it?

Linda Fortin

Bonjour, dans la transcription phonétique du mot button, pourquoi à la place du t vous indiquez un ? Et pouvez-vous me suggéré un dictionnaire qui correspond avec votre transcription phonétique? Merci beaucoup!

Sounds American

Hello there! In American English, the word "button" is pronounced with the Glottal 'T' sound (/ʔ/) which is a positional variant of the tegular /t/. Check out our video about this sound: https://youtu.be/Vabg-EUHOQk

Giorgi Jijiashvili

7y↑4

Excellent video

Sounds American

7y↑1

+Giorgi Jijiashvili, thank you! :) Glad to hear it!

Jorge Bermudez

6y↑11

What's the difference between /ʌ/ and /ə/?
is it that /ʌ/ is the less short stressed verssion of the shorter unstressed /ə/?

Sounds American

6y↑7

+Jorge Bermudez You're asking a very good question. We spoke about it in one of our videos, please, check it out: https://youtu.be/U5Oro6v0klg?t=780 Let us know if you have more questions or something is still not clear!

wayne zheng

4y↑1

Sounds American Hi, is it possible to speak more details about the difference? As a non native speaker, I find it hard to tell the difference, especially when to weak the stressed syllable into a schwa.

Hélène Malik

@Sounds American Hi, this one is pretty difficult (not to say impossible haha) to me to... Would it be possible to have a complete video about it?

Sounds American

4y↑2

You can't make a stressed syllable an unstressed one. If it's a stressed syllable, you pronounce the /ʌ/ vowel sound, the schwa is pronounced in unstressed syllables.

Sounds American

What video do you mean?

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Hữu Phước Lê

4y↑1

In General American, /ʌ/ is the open-mid back unrounded vowel, or low-mid back unrounded vowel and In Received Pronunciation, /ʌ/ is the near-open central vowel, or near-low central vowel! So, it's BACK hear? Thanks!

Sounds American

In General American the /ʌ/ is a central sound. That's also how we describe it in this video.
You can also check the position of this vowel sound in this video: https://youtu.be/7EdRAfOMfnU?t=81

tuyết mai

4y↑5

I'm from Vietnam. Why do you know in Vietnamese we have this vowel. You are so good. So knowledgable.

xuân lâm lê

I am aslo from viet nam

Anh Nguyen

Hi, I'm from VN too. I still find this vowel really difficult. Does it sound more like our "ă" or our "â" In Vietnamese?

tuyết mai

@Anh Nguyen i don't think so

Anh Nguyen

@tuyết mai you say we have this vowel in Vietnamese, so is there any VNese sounds that sound similar to the /ʌ/ vowel??

tuyết mai

3y↑1

@Anh Nguyen mình nghĩ chỉ cần đặt lưỡi ở giữa là sẽ ra. bn đừng so sánh sẽ càng phức tạp vde hơn

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Isabela Изабэла

4y↑1

Excuse me! I don't want to be like such a boring person, yet this sound exists in Portuguese from Brazil too, however.
I deem, in Portuguese from Portugal, it doesn't exist, but, in my country (Brazil), this sounds is very common.

丁日光

46w

this is just the "ă" sound in my native language, which is vietnamese haha

Jaber

How can I find the resources (those 152 words) that you’re using in this video? I'll be very helpful for me. Can anyone has any idea about this?

Sounds American

2y↑1

The list of words is provided in the video description.

Jaber

2y↑1

@Sounds American Thanks a lot

Happy life

6y↑1

it is very interesting,, thank u so much for ur helpful vedios

Sounds American

+abda rabea, you're welcome! 👋

Taki Mas

5y↑1

Best channel for pronunciation

Sounds American

😊👋

Mcyty Mcyty

Great. Where can I download your application? The same application that you use in the video?

Sounds American

We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!

Daniel Ilário

4y↑5

I cannot understand the difference among this sound (as in Up), the sound of "a" as in "father" and the schwa sound. For me they are very similar. It drives me crazy!

Sounds American

4y↑5

The /ʌ/ and the /ə/ are essentially the same sound, the /ə/ is used only in unstressed syllables, the /ʌ/ - in stressed. The /ʌ/ and the /ɑ/ vowel sounds are confused by many non-native speakers, so we made this video to help you learn to differentiate between them: https://youtu.be/MqcCCFptaJk If you haven't watched it yet, check it out and let us know if it helped! 👋

Nom Poo

@Sounds American Thank you for mentioning this: that /ʌ/ and /ə/ are the same sound, which one is used just depends on whether the syllable is stressed or unstressed. I get it now!

leon as

3y↑2

What? They are the same? How come no one has ever told me about this in my 20 years of learning this language?

Jorge Bermudez

6y↑2

I thouɡht the sound in words like "but" ot "cut" was the schwa ɘ.

Megaa ✔️

Jorge Bermudez same

Issamar Pacheco

5y↑1

Hii your videos are very useful. Is an app or a website? How I can get it? I would like to record me with the app. Thanks

Sounds American

+ Issamar Pacheco Hello there! Glad you found them useful 😃 We're using our own app which we hope to release to the public soon. The app is created specifically to allow users to listen to a native speaker pronouncing words, repeat after the native speaker, record it, and listen to the recording. We'll announce the release on this channel, please, stay tuned!

John2corner

What's the difference between "schwa" and this /ʌ/ sound? how are they different in terms of the tongue position?

Sounds American

2y↑1

We explained it in this post, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwEkSI1PRYRVRdUAE14AaABCQ

John2corner

@Sounds American splendid! thanks!

Jane Liu

4y↑2

Do some native speakers make /ʌl/ the same as /ʊl/? Thanks!

Den

4y↑2

I was wondering, is there such a thing as "flap" 'd'? The moment at 4:05 make me think that it exists 👀

Sounds American

4y↑3

In linguistics, there's such a sound called "alveolar tap." Some linguists consider it to be an allophone (positional variant) of the /t/ and /d/ sounds. However, we think that in a real life conversation, in fast speech it's impossible to find the difference between the /d/ sound and the "flap D." So, we don't believe there's such a sound. :)

Den

4y↑1

@Sounds American Many thanks! Perhaps it was a hallucination:)

Hyan Batista

5y↑3

In the word BULB this sound seems like OH, it makes me confused. Trouble is also a tricky word to pronounce. Oh or Ah? I have no ideia.

Sounds American

+Hyan Batista It's the /ʌ/ sound. We have this word in the exercise in this very video so you can hear it pronounced and practice: https://youtu.be/X1utTZqC3AI?t=152

Neodalis Rebeca Mendoza Guzmán

I need to practice more.. definitely

Sounds American

It's always a good idea. 😉

yeep

no tienen una aplicacion tal cual aparece en el video para practicar mas
la pronunciacion?

Sounds American

We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!

Mario Perez

7y↑3

What software do you use? Where can I get it? Is this pronunciation American or British English?

Sounds American

7y↑9

+Sergio Perez, you made our day:)! It's American :).
In our videos we use our own app, it's not publicly available yet, but will be released very soon. Make sure you're subscribed to our channel, as we'll announce the release of the app here. Stay tuned!

Rafael Toledo

Hello I find your app and I am loved, thanks for help me and many students all around the world, one big fan from Brazil.

Sounds American

We don't have an app yet.

Rafael Toledo

@Sounds American so pearhaps there is someone getting credit for your job in Brazil. I found this Chanel because for app.

Sounds American

2y↑1

😢

Victor Flores Mph, Dr.

30w↑1

Nice website, excellent

Aqib Malik

4y↑1

can you please explain the difference between schwa and ʌ ??

Is it just like the i and ɪ ? like the vowel length?, like it and eat.??

Sounds American

Good question, we explained it in this post, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwEkSI1PRYRVRdUAE14AaABCQ
BTW, there's no short or long i sound in American English, there are only the tense /i/ or the relaxed /ɪ / vowel sounds.
We talk about in this video: https://youtu.be/GQa9w__GqLc

Kiên Trần

4y↑2

I realy like your video. It useful 😚😚😚😚

Sounds American

Thank you! 😃

sandhya naskar

7y↑2

I like your video very much

Sounds American

+sandhya naskar 😁👍

Yes science

4y↑1

We arabes have the same vowel sound
أَ
It is the same

Pedro Guevara

5y↑6

The video is cool, thanks for the post.

1996 cheng

47w

Merci!

Sounds American

47w

Thanks a lot, we appreciate your support!

la casa de papel

5y↑1

the list of both this sound and other sounds as a PDF

çağan yıldıran

Thanks for the video

Sounds American

No problem!

Keon's Corner / PLEASE GIVE ME 1K SUBS

I believe this is a back vowel not a central vowel

38D-Thiện Nguyễn Thế

4y↑3

How to pronounce the /ʌ̃/, thanks !

Toaster

5y↑4

@Sounds American can you give me some extra tips for this sound please? I really can't do it...

Sounds American

+Flamer Sure. The key to pronouncing the // sound is relaxing your tongue and lips as much as possible. Sometimes it helps to try and relax your whole body too. We'll be able to provide a better recommendation if you tell us what exactly is most problematic for you.

Toaster

@Sounds American I think that i'm getting it right but when ever i record myself and listen to it and when i compare it to your recording in this video it just doesn't sound the same. my native tongue is croatian. this is the phonetics of my native tongue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Serbo-Croatian . some people said that this sound sounds like the slavic "O" in my language except it's not rounded but i still think that i'm not doing it right.

Sounds American

+Flamer If you want, you can record yourself pronouncing this sound in words (several times), upload the recording somewhere and give us the link. We'll try to see if there's anything wrong the way you pronounce it.

Toaster

5y↑1

@Sounds American I've done it. Few native speakers told me that i pronounced it correctly but thanks anyway.

Eduardito Medina España

7y↑25

I have a doubt,I hear this sound very similar with the schwa sound,I've read in many areas there's no difference but I don't know,I'm confused, by the way where do you live?what's your accent ?

Sounds American

7y↑48

+Eduardito Medina España, good question! The /ʌ / and the /ə/ are considered to be essentially the same sound by many linguists. You probably read that many text books use only one syllable (the /ə/ for both these sounds. Their pronunciation (mouth opening, lips and tongue position) is almost the same. We distinguish between these sounds in our videos to point out the differences (for example, the /ʌ / is used in stressed syllables and the /ə/ occurs in weak syllables only. The /ə/ also denotes reduced vowels, that is, any vowel that is used in weak syllables. ) and to make it easier for our subscribers to practice them.
Hope it helps! Don't hesitate to ask more questions!

We live in Pacific Northwest, our accent is Standard (General) American. :)

Jamal Omar

7y↑1

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khuckhich

7y↑1

but something I hear this vowel sound similar /a/ mounth opening, lips tongue position same /^/. I mean sound creating

Sounds American

+khuckhich do you mean the tongue, mouth and lips position is similar to that of the /ɑ/ sound, as in this video: https://goo.gl/PhW6UV ? Did I understand you correctly?

khuckhich

No, I mean mouth lips position is same as /^/. But when u keep this position, u start making sound. Sometime sound out is similar ae or a (i mean sound not rhythm)

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Han Yu

This sound sounds the same with shwa for me. Are they the same sounds used in different positions of words?

Sounds American

Good question, we explained it in this post, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwEkSI1PRYRVRdUAE14AaABCQ

Tony Reynaga

6y↑1

thanks a lot guys

Sounds American

6y↑1

+Tony Reynaga, you're welcome!

Train Me Will

3y↑1

What's the difference between the / ʌ / and the / ə / ?

Sounds American

3y↑1

Good question, we explained it in this post, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwEkSI1PRYRVRdUAE14AaABCQ

Edo

I'm confused with..put the tongue in the center of the mouth..or the sound comes from the center of the tongue

C P

5y↑3

It seems the same as ə except for stress.

Marco Enrique

That's the difference.

Catalin Severineanu

4y↑1

I am not sure, but in your video for the words 'bulb' and 'bulk', I can hear a /ə/ schwa sound instead of /ʌ/ sound. Am I right or it's just me?

Sounds American

4y↑1

You're right! These two sounds are pronounced almost exactly the same, so most of the time you won't hear the difference.
However, the /ʌ/ occurs in stressed syllables and the /ə/ (schwa) in weak ones. These are the stressed and weak versions of the same sound. So we use different symbols /ʌ/ and /ə/ depending on whether a syllable is stressed or unstressed.
Hope it helps!

raiyyan shaikh

4y↑1

Thanks sir

Sounds American

4y↑1

😊👋

RP Lindeman

7y↑2

Can you please contact me? I would like to use a short clip of this video in my teaching materials. I plan to give full credit, including links to your channel

Sounds American

+Rob Lindeman , sure! Please, send us a mail to team at soundsamerican dot net

Rafael Toledo

I am looking for a native speaker for help me improve my english, and talk about the experience in my place.

The SmokeCriminal

3y↑2

I need more words to practice on

Angello Ferreira

8y↑2

Hello friend. How can I do to get all those slides?

Sounds American

Hello there Angello, which slides do you mean? The words to pronounce?

Ranzen

4y↑1

Is there any difference in pronounce but and butt? I can’t hear it :(

Sounds American

These words are pronounced the same way.

Van Hellsing

Es como una "a" en español no?

Yaroth Rodriguez

Hello which is the app that you use in the video?

Sounds American

We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!

Nick Dual

3y↑2

what are different between / ʌ / and / ə /? It is so the same.

Sounds American

3y↑1

Good question, we explained it in this post, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwEkSI1PRYRVRdUAE14AaABCQ

AYAKO NIIDA

3y↑1

How is this different from ə ??

Younes Alli

hello.
sorry I don't understand what the difference between this sound ʌ and the short a.
exemple word cat
if you can making a video with this word cat pronouncing correctly and with ʌ
🙏thanks🙏

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