How to pronounce stuff and staff

How to pronounce stuff and staff

According to my observations, many people have difficulties pronouncing the word staff (referring to the group of workers in a company or an organization). The correct pronunciation of staff is [stɑːf] or [stæf] in British English, and [stæf] in American English. You can listen to both versions here. A common
incorrect pronunciation of staff is [stʌf], identical to the pronunciation of stuff which can be listened to here. So if you decide to pronounce the a in staff in the British way, make sure you make it a long sound. In fact, in British English, if an a is pronounced as [ɑ] rather than [æ], it is almost always a long sound, indicated by the colon in [ɑː]. Some familiar examples are the words can’t (for cannot), path, cast, and fast.

Martin

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