the diphthong /e?/ as in ace and major, normally when ⟨a⟩ is accompanied by 1, or at times two, consonants after which you can A different vowel letter—this success from Middle English lengthening followed by The nice Vowel Shift aA bA cA dA eA fA gA hA iA jA kA lA mA nA oA pA qA