Why is the “a” pronounced differently in the words that and what?

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The English language is filled with these differences, but is there a reason for it?

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There are lots of reasons why letters are pronounced differently, but with a vowel it’s because vowels get pronounced differently.

All vowels have at least two pronunciations: a long sound and a short sound. A long vowel is the name of the vowel, like ay for a.

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