The short O sound is pronounced generally as 'aah'.
-- O words
Lots of words spelled with the letter O have the short O sound: ox, odd, hot, pot, dot, cot, lot, not, spot, cop, pop, top, stop, mob, snob, rob, Opera, operate, object, olive, ostrich, occupy, bobcat, monster, modern, popular, positive.
-- A words
Some words can have a similar short O sound but are not spelled with the letter O.
Examples are: ma, pa, mafia, swab, waffle
* The similar words with OR and AW are caret O (or, all, force) or umlaut A (car, calm) rather than a short O sound. Most of these words are spelled with or, au, ou, or al/all.
Some words with a short O vowel sound are dog, hot, not, top, and mop.
Some words that start with the short vowel sound of the letter "i" are: igloo, itch, ink, and inch.
No. Some words spelled with -all have an AW/OR vowel sound (caret O), and rhyme with awl. Ball is a homophone of "bawl." * note that some words, such as ballast and ballet, do have a short A vowel sound.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
It depends on the specific word or context. Some words may have a long vowel sound, such as "cute," where the "u" makes the long /uː/ sound. Other words may have a short vowel sound, such as "cat," where the "a" makes the short /æ/ sound.
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
Some words that start with the short vowel sound of the letter "i" are: igloo, itch, ink, and inch.
No. Some words spelled with -all have an AW/OR vowel sound (caret O), and rhyme with awl. Ball is a homophone of "bawl." * note that some words, such as ballast and ballet, do have a short A vowel sound.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
It depends on the specific word or context. Some words may have a long vowel sound, such as "cute," where the "u" makes the long /uː/ sound. Other words may have a short vowel sound, such as "cat," where the "a" makes the short /æ/ sound.
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
The A in what has a short U vowel sound (wut) or in some dialects a short O (wot).
Some examples of words with a short vowel sound in the first syllable are "cat," "bed," "sit," "top," and "rug." These words have a vowel sound that is typically pronounced quickly and without much emphasis.
It depends on the specific word and its pronunciation. Some words have short vowel sounds, while others have long vowel sounds.
Some words that start with the short vowel sound of the letter U are: umbrella, under, urgent, umpire.
Some words that begin with the short 'i' sound are: information intuition inability invariably
Some words that have the same vowel sound as "crab" include "stab," "slab," and "grab."
The vowel sound in "some" is the 'uh' sound, represented by the phonetic symbol /ʌ/.