BrE
AmE
Words
/
ɑː/
/æ
/
Excluding words changed by the
trap
–
bath split
,
[57]
(which affects
most southern British speakers and almost no American
speakers): ban
a
na, kh
a
ki
A2
, loc
a
le
A2
, mac
a
que
AB2
,
mor
a
le,
Nev
a
da
A2
,
[58]
P
a
kist
a
ni
A2
, panor
a
ma
A2
, scen
a
rio
A2
,
sopr
a
no
A2
, ti
a
ra
A2
[1]
/æ
/
/
ɑː/
"A" in the anglicised pronunciation of many foreign names and
loanwords, e.g.:
Car
a
cas
B2
, chi
a
nti
A2
,
Gul
a
g
, keb
a
b,
[59]
L
a
s
(placenames, e.g.
Las Vegas
), m
a
fia
A2
,
Momb
a
sa
A2
,
p
a
sta,
Pic
a
sso
A2
, r
a
llent
a
ndo, Slov
a
k
A2
,
Sri L
a
nka
A2
,
Viv
a
ldi
,
wigw
a
m.
[1]
cave
a
t
A2
/
ɑː/
/e
ɪ
/
char
a
de, cic
a
da
A2
, g
a
la
A3B2
, l
a
ver (seaweed)
AB2
,
[60]
promen
a
de
AB2
,
pro r
a
ta
AB2
, tom
a
to
A2
, str
a
tum
B2
[nb 29]
[8][54]
/æ
/
/e
ɪ
/
b
a
sil
A2
(plant), m
a
cron
A2
, (com)p
a
triot
B2
, (ex/re)p
a
triate
B2
,
p
a
tronise
A2
, ph
a
lanx
A2
, pl
ai
t
A2
,
S
a
bine
, s
a
trap
A2
, s
a
tyr
A2
[8][54]
/e
ɪ
/
/æ
/
appar
a
tus
A2
,
a
pricot
A2
, comr
a
de, d
ah
lia
A3
, d
a
ta,
A1
digit
a
lis
A2
,
st
a
tus
A1
[8][54]
/æ
/
/
ɒ
/
tw
a
t
B2
/
ɒ
/
/æ
/
wr
a
th
[nb 30]
/o
ʊ
/
/
ɔː/
w
o
nt
A2
[1]
/
ɑː/
/
ɔː/
qu
a
rk
AB2
