For me the main difference in pronunciation of caught and кот is not in vowel but in t - т. :) English "t" I hear usually like something intermediate between "т" and "ч".
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For me the main difference in pronunciation of caught and кот is not in vowel but in t - т. :) English "t" I hear usually like something intermediate between "т" and "ч".
Well, all textbooks say that at the end of "low" and "hello" there is a diphthong "ou" which is no in Russian at all. But IMHO what you hear is always more important than any textbook. Not sure that...
Well, as non-professional linguist I can say only IMHO. IMHO stressed "o" is pronnounced like in "law" no matter if it is in the middle or in the end of a word. Unstressed "e" pronounced like "и"...
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