in-SPIRE-rer the first vowel is short, the second vowel is long, and the third vowel is hardly pronounced.
Since there are no vowels, the vowel sound is supplied by the "r". So the vowel will be as short as you can pronounce it: Smurt. If you can roll the "r', so much the better.
A. The short-vowel rule: When a word or syllable has only one vowel and that vowel is followed by one or more consonants, the vowel is usually short.
The "o" in fox is a short vowel. It is pronounce O as in "ON". If it were long it would be oh as in "low".
It is used as a vowel in this case, because the sound you make when you pronounce it does not restrict the breath.
Exactly how it looks. l -long vowel a- mm
The word "chaff" is pronounced with a short A vowel sound.
pronounced /ˈwʊstər/, first syllable with the vowel of wood
The Häagen is pronounce (HAH-gehn) as in Copenhagen and the Dazs as (dahz) which is (doz) with a short vowel sound on the O.
A in vowel, form d as in dog, r as in racecar, i as in e in vowel form, e and l as in the word el from spanish.
Pree-w`et (backtick indicates stressed vowel).
ver-choo-OH-so. (The first vowel is hardly pronounced.)