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March 24

long mid vowel

Which varieties of English pronounce face as /fɛːs/ or /fɛǝs/ ? —Tamfang (talk) 00:08, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I first thought about Scots varieties, but there I think it's more commonly pronounced /feːs/. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 13:17, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~those, after Hitchens, of Beirut, Belgrade,~~ Belfast, Bombay, Baghdad, and I haven't even got through the Bs 130.74.58.43 (talk) 15:10, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to Wiktionary, the Standard Southern British pronunciation is /fɛjs/. ‑‑Lambiam 23:30, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I can eliminate SSBE from my inquiries —Tamfang (talk) 21:14, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]