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Hello can you please tell me what the long o sounds like because i need to know that. Also I would like to know what the long a, short a, and short o sound like. if you can help that will be great thank you for all the help.
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Buddhaheart
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The long ‘o’ sound is generally transcribed as the diphthong /c/ (schwa + upsilon) or /o/ (small case <o> + upsilon) in IPA phonetic symbology. Typical examples are ‘low’, ‘no’ & ‘go’. The short ‘o’ is /Z/ (a turned script A) as in ‘rock’, ‘or’ & ‘hot’. Please note some examples given have variant pronunciations.
The long ‘a’ is generally considered to be the diphthong /ew/ (small letter <e> + small capital letter <I>) as in ‘day’, ‘age’ & ‘face’. The short ‘a’ is /æ/ (an a-e ligature called ‘ash’) as in ‘hat’, ‘cap’ & ‘absent’.
Please note also the long ‘a’ sound is exactly how you utter the 1st Roman alphabet letter ‘A, a’. Similarly the long ‘o’ sound is how you say the alphabet ‘O, o’.
The long ‘a’ is generally considered to be the diphthong /ew/ (small letter <e> + small capital letter <I>) as in ‘day’, ‘age’ & ‘face’. The short ‘a’ is /æ/ (an a-e ligature called ‘ash’) as in ‘hat’, ‘cap’ & ‘absent’.
Please note also the long ‘a’ sound is exactly how you utter the 1st Roman alphabet letter ‘A, a’. Similarly the long ‘o’ sound is how you say the alphabet ‘O, o’.
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