Summarize the following:
a : ä as a in English car. Simply is shown as a.  e, open e (always stressed) : ĕ as e in English pet. Simply is shown as ε (epsilon). When you get to it you are going down.  e, closed e : ā  as a in English pay. Simply is shown as e. When you get to it you are going up.  o, open o (always stressed) : ŏ  as o in English pot. Simply is shown as ɔ (a flipped c).  o, closed o : ō as o in English bored. Simply is shown as o.  i: ē  as ee in English see. Simply is shown as i.  i (i unstressed and is in one of the combinations "ia, ie, io, iu") : j as y in English yes. Simply is shown as j.  u : ōō as oo in English noon. Simply is shown as u.  u (u unstressed and is in one of the combinations "ua, ue, ui, uo") : w as w in British sandwich or Greenwich. Simply is shown as w.
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