The most common pronunciation is with a long A (puh-tay-toe).
The much rarer variant has a short A sound (puh-tah-toe).
Potato usually has a long A sound (puh-TAY-toe). But in some areas, it is pronounced with a short A sound (puh-TAH-toe).
The word "potato" has a short vowel sound for the letter 'a'.
It can, but there are two variant pronunciations: puh-TAY-toe (long A) puh-TAH-toe (short A)
The usual pronunciation is puh-TAY-toh, with a schwa, long A, and long O. But the alternate pronunciation has a short A sound, as puh-TAH-toh.
Potato usually has a long A as in (puh-TAY-toh). However, it is also pronounced with a short A as (puh-TAH-toh). This is, however, much rarer than the similar situation with "tomato" (tuh-may-toh, tuh-mah-toh).
The word potato is pronounced with a long a.
It has a short I sound.
The A has a short A sound, and the I has a short I sound.
Yes, the i in pit has a short vowel sound.
No. It has a short A sound and a short I sound (man-ij). The E has no sound.
Yes. The A has the short A sound as in tap and back.
Yes, the word "sock" has a short "o" sound, not a short "a" sound.