PLAT SECRETS

the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and significant, normally when ⟨a⟩ is followed by 1, or sometimes two, consonants and then another vowel letter—this success from Middle English lengthening accompanied by The nice Vowel ChangeWithin the Intercontinental Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is employed for the open up front unrounded vowel, ⟨ä⟩ is uti