How to pronounce eh in American English

IPA /ɛ/ Syllables 1 · eh

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Americans pronounce eh as eh (/ɛ/). It's 1 sound in 1 syllable. One vowel, one syllable — short and clean. What you see is what you say.

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eh/ɛ/

Drop your jaw moderately. Touch the tongue tip behind the bottom front teeth and lift the mid-front part slightly toward the roof.

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Is the American pronunciation of "eh" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "eh" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.