No, "cow" does not have a short "o" sound. It is pronounced with a diphthong that combines the sounds of "ou" as in "now."
It is neither. The OW in cow has the "ow" sound as in owl. It rhymes with how and now.
The vowel sound is neither long or short. It is the diphthong ou/ow as in cow and crown.
The OU has the OU/OW vowel sound (as in cow, noun, and round), which is neither long or short.
The vowel sounds are usually neither short or long sounds, and they are different. -- The OU pair in out has an OW diphthong sound, as in pout, doubt, and words like cow. -- The OU pair in your has the "caret O" (OR or British AW sound) or alternately a long O followed by R.
It has a short O, as in folly and golly.
It is neither. The OW in cow has the "ow" sound as in owl. It rhymes with how and now.
No. It has the OU/OW diphthong sound as in how, wow, round, and sound.
The vowel sound is neither long or short. It is the diphthong ou/ow as in cow and crown.
The vowel O in owl is controlled by the following W, making the vowel neither short or long. It makes the sound OW, as in COW.
No, it does not. The "oo" sound is not the same as a short o. Think of the word "hot" or "not" or "log" or "top." These all have the short -o sound. The "oo" in "choose" rhymes with "moo" (the noise a cow makes) or "too" (meaning also) or "food" or "boot."
The OU has the OU/OW vowel sound (as in cow, noun, and round), which is neither long or short.
short o
It has a long O vowel sound (oh), as in the words show or blow. The short O is normally part of the ow diphthong as in cow and how. Also, the rule to remember is if it sounds like the letter O it is a long vowel, as in the words go, bold, hotel, and notary.
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The word 'cow' is not a palindrome because it is not spelled the same backward and forward (c-o-w, w-o-c).
Short o
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