Fat or Hat? An F/H Ear Test

fat

/fæt/

vs

hat

/hæt/

Especially for Japanese speakers

Japanese's h sound shifts to a breathy, almost f-like sound before certain vowels, which means Japanese speakers often carry a single mental category that covers territory English splits firmly into two separate consonants, f and h.

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Teeth on lip, or just an open breath — two very different mouth shapes for two very similar sounds.

8 rounds · about 90 seconds

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