How do you pronounce æ?

The pair 'ae' or the single mushed together symbol 'æ', is not pronounced as two separate vowels. It comes (almost always) from a borrowing from Latin. In the original Latin it is pronounced as /ai/ (in IPA) or to rhyme with the word 'eye'. But, for whatever reason, it is usually pronounced as '/iy/' or "ee".
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Is æ pronounced as ash?

Æ and æ (ash): This letter, called "ash," may be familiar to you from old-fashioned spellings of words like "Encyclopædia." The digraph æ in Old English is pronounced the same way as the "a" in the words "bat" or "cat."
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What is this ø called?

Ø (or minuscule: ø) is a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Southern Sámi languages. It is mostly used as a representation of mid front rounded vowels, such as [ø] and [œ], except for Southern Sámi where it is used as an [oe] diphthong.
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What is this œ?

Œ (minuscule: œ) is a Latin alphabet grapheme, a ligature of o and e. In medieval and early modern Latin, it was used to represent the Greek diphthong οι and in a few non-Greek words, usages that continue in English and French.
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How do you pronounce zeta in Greek?

The sound represented by zeta in Greek before 400 BCE is disputed. See Ancient Greek phonology and Pronunciation of Ancient Greek in teaching. Most handbooks agree on attributing to it the pronunciation /zd/ (like Mazda), but some scholars believe that it was an affricate /dz/ (like adze).
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How to Pronounce /æ/ (and /e/ - "bad" vs "bed")



What does ə sound like?

What is the schwa and how does it sound? Simply put, the schwa is a reduced, neutral vowel sound written as an upside-down and backwards e, ə, in the International Phonetic Alphabet (the universal chart of symbols, representing all the sounds languages make).
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What is the ø with the two dots?

Ö, or ö, is a character that represents either a letter from several extended Latin alphabets, or the letter "o" modified with a diaeresis. In many languages, the letter "ö", or the "o" modified with a dieresis, is used to denote the non-close front rounded vowels [ø] or [œ].
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Is æ still used in English?

In modern English, æ is occasionally used stylistically, like in archæology or medæval, but denotes the same sound as the letter e.
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What is æ used for?

It is an ancient grapheme sometimes used in literary/historical contexts. I don't think you will need to use it in current common language. Æ (minuscule: æ) is a grapheme named æsc or ash,*** formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae.
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What is the C with a squiggle called?

A cedilla is a symbol that is written under the letter 'c' in French, Portuguese, and some other languages to show that you pronounce it like a letter 's' rather than like a letter 'k. ' It is written ç.
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How do you pronounce é?

In Spanish, é is an accented letter and is pronounced just like "e" /e/. The accent indicates the stressed syllable in words with irregular stress, as in "éxtasis" or "bebé". See Diacritic and Acute accent for more details.
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How do you say o in French?

The French letter 'O' is pronounced one of two ways:
  1. The "closed O" is pronounced like the 'O' in "cold."
  2. The "open O" sounds more or less like the 'O' in the English word "ton."
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What sound is Ʊ?

The sound /ʊ/ is a back, high, lax, rounded vowel. Spelling: “oo” – took, good. “u” – put, bush.
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What sound does ė make in English?

Ë with diaeresis is the easiest case to deal with. The diaeresis (the two dots) signifies that the underlying “e” is pronounced as /ɛ/ (as “e” in “bet”, i.e. the open e), no matter what comes around it, and is used in groups of vowels that would otherwise be pronounced differently.
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What is the difference between ə and ʌ?

The difference between /ə/ and /ʌ/, at a fundamental level, is that /ə/ is a reduced vowel, whereas /ʌ/ is a full vowel.
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How do you pronounce Σ?

Sigma (σ, ς):There are two forms for the letter Sigma. When written at the end of a word, it is written like this: ς. If it occurs anywhere else, it is written like this: σ. Upsilon (υ):In the above table, we suggest that you pronounce this letter like "u" in "put".
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How do you pronounce Emu?

As an Australian, he is sure to know the correct way of pronouncing emu. And just in case it hasn't got through to everyone reading this, I'm going to say it once more for the people in the back. The only correct way to pronounce emu is "ee-mew".
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