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.
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.
Some words that start with the short vowel sound "i" would be: ibidem, ibidine, icarian, icarus, ichnolite, ichthyoid, if, is, in, into, inter, and intermediate.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
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.
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.
Some words that start with the short vowel sound "i" would be: ibidem, ibidine, icarian, icarus, ichnolite, ichthyoid, if, is, in, into, inter, and intermediate.
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
It has a short U vowel sound, sounding the same as "sum."
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.
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.
Despite the silent E, the O in some has a short U sound, sounding the same as "sum."
Under Umbrella Underline Umpire Unhappy Udder
The O in some has a short U (uh) sound, as in the words bum, hum, and numb. The E is silent.
Some words that begin with the short 'i' sound are: information intuition inability invariably
The word pump has a short U (uh) vowel sound, as in jump, run, and up.