Hat or Hot? An Ear Test for Two Vowels That Blur Together

Korean and Japanese's smaller vowel inventories don't reserve separate slots for English's /æ/ and /ɒ/, so both commonly collapse toward the same rounder, more central vowel until the ear is trained to hear them as two different sounds.

Two vowels, one mouth shape away from each other. Let's see where your ear draws the line.

8 rounds · about 90 seconds