If the letter o in a word is pronounced as a monophthong, it will fall into two types: pronounced as /ʌ/ as in color ("/kʌlə/") pronounced as /ɒ/ as in lock ("/lɒk/") What I would like to ask is that is there a rule to determine which word will fall into which type?

Liz explains a common pronunciation mistake, when 'O' is mispronounced as /ɒ/ when is should be /ʌ/ . She also explains how to make the /ʌ/ sound correctly ...

O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is o (pronounced / ˈ oʊ / ⓘ ), plural oes .

There are 3 distinct sounds, the short O as in "hot," the long O as in "boat" and the reduced O, the phonetic name is the schwa sound, as in "above" (say "abuv"). The basic rules are these: use short O for simple spellings in words or word parts

2016年8月20日 · We often pronounce the letter /o/ like a short /u/ sound. In the phonetic alphabet, we show this sound as a ʌ. This sounds like the ‘u’ used in the words ‘but’, ‘judge’ or ‘under’. So London is pronounced Lʌndən, note the schwa sound which …

Most of the time the sound /ŏ/ is spelled with just the letter o. BUT: The w has a be- w itching effect on vowels, often changing their sounds. After w or qu, the sound /ŏ/ is spelled with the letter a. o as in o ctopus. wa as in wa tch. qua as in qua ds. Take a test in spelling the short /ŏ/ sound.

2018年7月18日 · Most students have no problem with the short vowel sound /ɒ/ found in British English in words such as hot, boss and across. (Americans pronounce this as a longer sound /ɑː/.) Students also generally understand how adding an ‘e’ to the end of a word leads to a longer sound /əʊ/ (UK) /oʊ/ (US), for instance hop / hope, not / note.

The only time you pronounce /o/ as /o/ is when it is the stressed syllable, or in borrowed words that retain their original pronunciation (such as радио). If the /o/ is unstressed, and it is the syllable right before the stressed syllable or it's the first letter in …

A built in seat banquette, not the feast, also pronounces the a as an o sound. Reply. Ami says: November 6, 2023 at 10:04 am. To easy. Need more words. Reply. alison says: November 7, 2023 at 10:54 am. Feel free to suggest some! I am not including derived forms in these lists, but you can add affixes to create many more words e.g. wanted ...

After the sound /w/ we usually write /o/ with letter A, as in was, want, wallet, wander, swan, quantity and quality. In the olden days the pronunciation would have matched the spelling better but over time pronunciation changes, sorry, again not my fault.