[General] I've bought A pair of shoes

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Look at the following dialogue:

- I've bought a pair of shoes.
- Three pairs??!
- No, a pair.

How should a be pronounced? In it's full form? Like [ei] as in "say"? Or as in "cat"? Or is it better to say just "No, ONE pair of shoes!"
 
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'One pair' is better. If you are going to use 'a', pronounce it /eɪ/.
 
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