Pronunciation vs Spelling of Done
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Why is 'Done' pronounced with a short ŏ vowel sound instead of the long ō vowel sound? Rules typically dictate when a word ends with an E, it changes the O to a long vowel sound. I've tried to find the etymology, but can't really find anything.
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Why is 'Done' pronounced with a short ŏ vowel sound instead of the long ō vowel sound? Rules typically dictate when a word ends with an E, it changes the O to a long vowel sound. I've tried to find the etymology, but can't really find anything.
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Compare love, glove, mother, cover, Somerset - all with sonant consonants following. But I can only think of one other example where the sequence 'one' has the /ʌ/ vowel! Note however that son and ton have that vowel rather than the expected one; and gone and (for some people) scone have a different but also "short" (actually "lax") vowel. Because English spelling.
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Why is 'Done' pronounced with a short ŏ vowel sound instead of the long ō vowel sound? Rules typically dictate when a word ends with an E, it changes the O to a long vowel sound. I've tried to find the etymology, but can't really find anything.
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Why is 'Done' pronounced with a short ŏ vowel sound instead of the long ō vowel sound? Rules typically dictate when a word ends with an E, it changes the O to a long vowel sound. I've tried to find the etymology, but can't really find anything.
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Compare love, glove, mother, cover, Somerset - all with sonant consonants following. But I can only think of one other example where the sequence 'one' has the /ʌ/ vowel! Note however that son and ton have that vowel rather than the expected one; and gone and (for some people) scone have a different but also "short" (actually "lax") vowel. Because English spelling.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
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Compare love, glove, mother, cover, Somerset - all with sonant consonants following. But I can only think of one other example where the sequence 'one' has the /ʌ/ vowel! Note however that son and ton have that vowel rather than the expected one; and gone and (for some people) scone have a different but also "short" (actually "lax") vowel. Because English spelling.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
Compare love, glove, mother, cover, Somerset - all with sonant consonants following. But I can only think of one other example where the sequence 'one' has the /ʌ/ vowel! Note however that son and ton have that vowel rather than the expected one; and gone and (for some people) scone have a different but also "short" (actually "lax") vowel. Because English spelling.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
Compare love, glove, mother, cover, Somerset - all with sonant consonants following. But I can only think of one other example where the sequence 'one' has the /ʌ/ vowel! Note however that son and ton have that vowel rather than the expected one; and gone and (for some people) scone have a different but also "short" (actually "lax") vowel. Because English spelling.
– Colin Fine
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Compare love, glove, mother, cover, Somerset - all with sonant consonants following. But I can only think of one other example where the sequence 'one' has the /ʌ/ vowel! Note however that son and ton have that vowel rather than the expected one; and gone and (for some people) scone have a different but also "short" (actually "lax") vowel. Because English spelling.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago