Full or Fool? A Vowel-Length Ear Test

full

/fʊl/

vs

fool

/fuːl/

Like ship/sheep, this is a vowel-length contrast — a distinction Korean, Japanese, and Spanish don't mark the way English does, so the two vowels sound like one to an untrained ear.

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Same start, same end, one vowel length apart. Let's see if your ear tracks the length, not just the shape.

8 rounds · about 90 seconds

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