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13 October 2012 at 6:25pm | IP Logged

pinutzz wrote:

I can only pick out a difference between ä and e in long vowels (Mär vs. Meer, Bären vs. Beeren, sähen vs. sehen) while for short vowels the sound is the same (Sänfte vs. Senf, Bälle vs. bellen).

There should be no difference between those short vowels in Standard German.

Also, that distinction is one of the things I change when speaking with people from the south (distinct) vs. people from the mid and north (merged) vs. when reading aloud (hypercorrect distinction).

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