Is the o in telephone short or long vowel?

Answer 1

Words like "one" demonstrate the absurdity of using the terms "long" and "short" to describe English vowels. The vowel in "one" is not an o; it is a schwa, pronounced roughly "uh." Because it ends in a voiced consonant, "one" is a long syllable.

long o

Answer 2

A vowel that "says its name" is held to be "long." The vowel O in telephone is long.

Answer 3

Although has a long o. With a short o it would be althogh. The u makes it long.

Answer 4

you're not an idiot, don't worry, everyone gets stuck on this kind of thing in my family. it's a short o though.

Answer 5

road has a long o.

long o sounds include boat, load, wrote, cold and the word 'short'

short o include hot, thought, bought, rot, not, log and the word 'long'

Answer 6

Long O - pronounced like "oh"
Short O - pronounced like "aw"

Answer 7

Short ''o''

~Lauren

Answer 8

Neither. It is a long OO (long U) sound.

Answer 9

Long

Answer 10

O