How to Pronounce Bottle vs. Battle American English
someone has asked me to explain the
difference between the words bottle and
battle so this is the difference between
the AH as in father which is the vowel
sound in bottle and the ad as in bat
sound which is the vowel in battle
the first difference you may notice is
in the corner of the mouth ah ah you can
see the corners are pulled back and up a
little bit ah ah ah ah oo as in father
they are not they stay relaxed also all
ah do you see the difference in the
tongue ah ah it’s more present on the
ass on the OO as in father it is very
relaxed all resting on the bottom of the
mouth with the AH as in bat sound it
comes up and then presses forward ah ah
so you can see more of it ah ah so as it
comes up in the back and presses forward
it widens a little bit and becomes more
noticeable in the mouth ah ah let’s look
at some pictures here we see the two
sound side by side the word bottle with
the AH as in father vowel sound is on
the left the word battle with the ass as
in bat vowel sound is on the right you
can see in the word battle that the
corners of the mouth are coming up and
back a little bit also you can see in
the word bottle that the tongue is more
relaxed you can see some of the teeth in
battle you can see more of the tongue as
it spreads over the size of those bottom
teeth as it widens here are the two
sounds in profile you can see there is a
dark line running from the nose all the
way down to the chin this is from the
tension in the corners of the lips
coming up and back
this movement of the corners of the
mouth also causes more attention in the
bottom lip in the word battle you can
see in the word bottle how it is more
relaxed more hanging than the word
battle let’s look at some word pairs as
requested bottle battle cop cap caught
cat chopped chapter rot rat slop slap