How are unaccented vowels pronunced in English?
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In English, vowels in unaccented syllables are often pronounced as e regardless of the orthographic letter. Thus, the vowels of the second syllables in cir´cus, na´tion, ther´mos, eas´ily, saun´a, and sor´rel are all pronounced the same.
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