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Is the a in small a short vowel?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Not exactly. In US English, words with "all" mostly have the AW sound (ball = bawl) rather than the short sound (as in shall). This is called a caret O sound, and especially in British English has more of an O sound (as in hallowed).

Some LL words with short A are alloy, allied, shall, fallow, gallows, and Ballad.

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12y ago

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