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Old 08-15-2011, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by guineapig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
The word mana has been around for thousands of years. In most languages each vowel has but 1 sound. English is one of the few exceptions where a vowel can sound completely different from itself when occurring twice in the same word.

Since mana is not english in origin the 2 A's should both sound the same.
But it's 2011, and most of us DO speak American English. So it's man - uh.
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