What does short o mean?
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(short o) top (t sound, short o, p sound) (short o) top (t sound, short o, p sound) The short o sound has a rather long duration, meaning that the sound is said for more time than some other vowel sounds.
Thereof, what is a short o word?
A short vowel word is any word that doesn't allow the vowel within it to generate that vowel's long vowel sound. For example, the word "bug" is a short vowel word because there's no long "U" sound.
Beside above, what is the difference between long o and short o?
The letter "O" is the 4th vowel of the English alphabet, and like all vowels, it has a "long" and a "short" sound. The "long O" sounds like "Oh", while the "short O" sound sounds like "Awe".
- oafs.
- oaks.
- oaky.
- oars.
- oast.
- oath.
- oats.
- oaty.