BritSpeech

Received Pronunciation

The long BATH

/ɑː/as in grass

Bath, grass and dance stretch into a long, dark ah.

Common habit

baath (flat a)

British

bahth

What gives you away

A short, flat a as in cat for bath, can't and France.

How to fix it

Open the back of the mouth and hold the ah. Think father, not cat.

Practise words

bathgrassdancecan'tFranceafter

Hear how you do on grass.

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