Count me in with the "/ay/ for emphasis only" crowd: "That's A book, but it's not THE book we're supposed to read." If I heard someone saying "I saw /ay/ student reading /ay/ book" without emphasizing the articles, I'd assume that he was either a foreigner or an eccentric.
Pronunciation of indefinite article “a”
Count me in with the "/ay/ for emphasis only" crowd: "That's A book, but it's not THE book we're supposed to read." If I heard someone saying "I saw /ay/ student reading /ay/ book" without emphasizing the articles, I'd assume that he was either a foreigner or an eccentric.