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Does pail have a short vowel sound?
No. The AI vowel pair has a long A sound, as in pale.
Does rail have a short a sound?
No. The AI pair has a long A sound as in pail and pale, or sail and sale.
Is nail a long A or short A word?
The AI vowel pair has the long A sound (AY) as in pail and pale.
Is pail a long vowel word?
Yes. The AI pair is pronounced as a long A sound (same as pale).
Does also have a long a vowel?
No. The A in also has the AW sound as in all, ball or crawl. It is neither long or short. The short A is heard in gal and pal. The long A is heard in gale and pale.
Do pail and always have the same vowel sound?
They both have a long A sound (pail sounds like pale, and the AY in always).
What is the homophome pale?
A homophone (two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently) of "Pale" is "Pail".
Does silk have a long I sound or short I sound?
It has a short I sound.
Does tapping have a long or short vowel sound?
The A has a short A sound, and the I has a short I sound.
Does pit have a short i sound?
Yes, the i in pit has a short vowel sound.
Is whale a long vowel word?
Yes. The A is a long A sound, as in sale and pale. The E is silent.
Does came have a short a sound?
No, Came has the long A vowel sound, as in cane and blame. The E is silent. When the vowel sound is the same as saying the actual letter, the letter has the long sound. For example PALE, CEDE, LIME, TONE, TUBE have the sounds, A, E, I, O, U(mostly). Now CAN, BED, TIN, POT, BUN all have the short sound because when you say those words the vowel does not make a sound that is the same as saying the actual letter.
