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Question for British native speakers:
Do you pronouce the 'a' in 'mass' like the 'a' in 'pass'?
Or is it like the 'a' in 'lass'?
What about 'enhance' and 'sample'?
How do you pronouce the 'a's?
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Answer from Australian native speaker:
I pronounce the "a" in "mass" like the one in "lass" i.e. /{/. The "a"s in "enhance" and "sample" are different vowels: they are longer /{:/ like the one in "bad".
Sorry I can't speak for the British. I can't even guarantee I speak for all Aussies: this varies across the country. I can say that there is also a lot of variation in Great Britian too.
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The OED lists both pronunciations for mass, with [m{s] first. For 'enhance', [InhA:ns] comes first, and for 'sample', only [sA:mpl] is listed.
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