   Hear "Plane"in a Southern AccentIn much of the South, plane carries a wider vowel, turning that short "a" into a smooth glide that still fits inside one syllable. You’ll often hear puh-lay-een /plɛːn/ ~ /pleːn/ - drawn just enough to sound easy and open, but never broken into two beats. Say It Like a Southerner
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Keep it one syllable. Start soft with "puh," then stretch the middle - almost like saying "play-n" - and let it fall gently into the N. Don’t add an extra beat; just let the vowel linger.