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æ/ as in “had”<br />

• Southern Hemisphere <strong>English</strong>es have a raised<br />

“short front” series of vowels relative to RP.<br />

“hid”, “head”, had”<br />

• In NZE the raising progression has continued<br />

whereas in AusE a reversal of the progression<br />

has begun.<br />

• Research shows that /æ/ has continued to lower<br />

over the past 40 years and we are now<br />

beginning to see changes to surrounding<br />

vowels.

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