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JimJ123
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@HairyScot - As an American, I must comment that while Adolf can have the long or the short A sound, I have never heard any educated American pronounce any of the A's in Arab or gala with any but the short (as in "apple") A sound.
Pronunciation of indefinite article “a”
@HairyScot - As an American, I must comment that while Adolf can have the long or the short A sound, I have never heard any educated American pronounce any of the A's in Arab or gala with any but the short (as in "apple") A sound.