I know that the vowel in the "ING" ending is pronounced more like the EE as in seat, and I know that in the word "thinking" both vowels are pronounced with the same EE sound but I don't remember if for the "INK" sound happens the same that with the "ING" sound. I was looking up a few pronunciations of words to remember this but I couldn't remember, for example. Sink - is pronounced with the IH as in sit. Think - is pronounced with the EE as in seat. Can you explain it to me? They both have the "INK" sound submitted by /u/Anthony2580 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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