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How to pronounce hedge in American English
HEHJ
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Americans pronounce hedge as HEHJ (/hɛdʒ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Just jump over the gentle giant hedge" or "He hid the heavy hammer behind the hedge" — more examples below.
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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.
j/dʒ/
Touch the front of your tongue to the roof of your mouth, then release into a 'zh' position. Add vocal cord vibration.
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Is the American pronunciation of "hedge" 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 "HEHJ" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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