About Expanded Metal
the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and significant, typically when ⟨a⟩ is followed by a single, or at times two, consonants after which another vowel letter—this final results from Center English lengthening followed by The nice Vowel ChangeFrom the International Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨a⟩ is utilized for the open front unrounded vowel, ⟨ä⟩ i