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I keep pronouncing "sheep" and "ship" the exact same way and have no idea which one I'm doing wrong

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vocaroo.com/1e73VbqAA4Q3
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:En-us-sheep.ogg
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-us-ship.ogg
twitter.com/SFWRedditVideos

Would you like me to vocaroo the differences sir

I don't know how to write congraculations
I recently learned soldier does not exists, it is soldier
things like that
I don't like Anglo-Saxon language

Yes please my humble britbro

Here you go

vocaroo.com/1e73VbqAA4Q3

I learned English at a young age so I just speak in an American accent, but I think I might have a speech impediment or something because I still sound like a retard in both languages

Bye

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>tf
>colonized

Oh wow your tip about the -ee and -i sound helped me a lot
I think I get it now, thank you

Sheep "ee" = en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowel
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:En-us-sheep.ogg
Ship "i" = en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-us-ship.ogg