▁commonly ▁acc ent u ated ▁and ▁pron ounced ▁for ▁longer . ▁The ▁' a ' ▁for ▁example , ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁" a ː " ▁rather ▁than ▁" ɑ " ▁which ▁gives ▁the ▁acc ent ▁a ▁slow , ▁soft ▁sound . ▁ ▁The ▁" i " ▁sound ▁in ▁some ▁words , ▁such ▁as ▁bean , ▁clean , ▁lean ▁and ▁me ad , ▁is ▁vo iced ▁as ▁a ▁ ɛ ə ̯ ▁but ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁always ▁the ▁case , ▁be ad , ▁meat , ▁read ▁keep ▁the ▁mon oph th ong ▁but ▁use ▁the ▁short ▁" ɛ " ▁sound ▁between ▁the ▁" i " ▁in ▁meet ▁and ▁the ▁" e ɪ ̯ " ▁in ▁mate . ▁The ▁words ▁head ▁and ▁lead , ▁pron ounced ▁h ed ▁and ▁led ▁in ▁standard ▁English , ▁also ▁use ▁this ▁' ɛ ' ▁sound . ▁W ords ▁containing ▁the ▁" a " ▁sound ▁as ▁in ▁l ame , ▁are ▁generally ▁spoken ▁with ▁the ▁" ea " ▁di ph th ong . ▁W ords ▁such ▁as ▁b ake , ▁c ake , ▁late ▁and ▁l ane ▁for ▁example , ▁employ ▁the ▁same ▁v owel ▁sound ▁as ▁meat . ▁The ▁standard ▁English ▁" ɛ " ▁in ▁words ▁such ▁as ▁beg , ▁leg , ▁p eg , ▁are ▁given ▁the ▁short ▁" æ ". ▁So ▁E gg ▁thus ▁becomes ▁ag g ▁which ▁gives ▁rise ▁to ▁the ▁Dor set ▁dialect ▁word ▁for ▁egg ▁collect ing , ▁' ag gy '. ▁When ▁' a ' ▁preced es ▁a ▁vocal ised ▁' r ',