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40: ’been,’ not ’bean’: /bɪn/, not /bin/
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Posted Dec 16, 2008 at 4:00 pm.
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Americans usually pronounce 'been' with a 'short i,' not a 'long e.'
Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.
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