New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: English speakers, how many ways do you say “a”?

Ask HN: English speakers, how many ways do you say “a”?
2 by steve_g | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Since trying to find out how to say "omicron", I've fallen down a rabbit hole of pronunciation differences. I think I pronounce all these leading "a" sounds differently. 1. all, alternative 2. almond, amen (short a) 3. allowed, amend 4. allegory, apple 5. ale 6. ate, asynchronous Maybe 5 and 6 are the same, but I don't think so. Do you pronounce these differently? Are there even more leading "a" sounds?