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modify an unaccented vowel you
It has led him to assert and teach that an unaccented vowel in English retains no trace of its proper quality 27 : that is, that you cannot, or at least do not, modify an unaccented vowel; you either pronounce a , e , o , u , distinctly, or you must substitute an alien sound, generally 'er', or in some consonantal positions a short 'i'.
— from On English Homophones Society for Pure English, Tract 02 by Robert Bridges

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