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Pronunciation Once you have thoroughly studied intonation and word connections, you can begin to address the sounds of English. The three most important vowels are æ, ä, and . This last symbol, called the schwa, is represented with an upside down e, and is the most common sound in the English language. These are the vowels found in cat, caught and cut. The three most distinctive consonants are R,