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 English pronunciation.
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Allophone.
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone
    Is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds (or phones) or
    signs used to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology#Allophony
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone#English
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology#Allophones_of_consonants
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology#Allophones_of_vowels

Russian analog.
===============

``[æ]``::

  пять [pʲætʲ]


Exercises.
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[iː] vs [ɪ].
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::

  These six silly sisters are sweet to meet.
  [ðiːz sɪks sɪlɪ sɪstə aː swiːt tuː miːt]

  sheep    ship
  heat     hit
  eel      ill
  receive  sieve
  leave    live

[ɪ] vs [e].
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::

  Did Ed wed Liz or did Liz wed Ted?
  tin     ten
  hill    hell
  did     dead

[e] vs [æ].
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::

  I bet you bat better then your fans in the fens.
  head    had
  shell   shall
  net     gnat

[æ] vs [ʌ].
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  Cut the cackle and come up with the cash!
  cat    cut
  dam    dumb
  stamp  stump

[æ] vs [aː].
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::

  My hard hearted aunt had a fat cat in her flat.
  cat    cart
  hat    heart
  had    hard
  am     arm
  chat   chart