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...ff, whíff, múff''', though not always: '''íf, óf''' (*ov), '''déaf''' (two vowel letters).

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...the mouth; for '''w''' the lips are further apart, making the sound more [[vowel]]-like. Examples: '''vúlgar, véry, vāst, háve, wâve''', and finally in ...l'''. But it doubles before final '''y''' to emphasise that the preceding vowel is short: '''chívvy, sávvy, návvy''' (compare '''chîves''' and '''nâvy

...e second-lowest 'F2' formant correlates with how far back in the mouth the vowel is produced. This image was created using the [http://www.praat.org Praat]

...sonants, and two letters (W and Y) that can act as either a consonant or a vowel, depending on context.

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...g). A final consonant may have to be doubled in order to keep the stressed vowel short: '''sít''' becomes '''sítting''' (not '''sîting''', which is from ...'''íng''' form, a final consonant may double in order to keep the stressed vowel short: '''overláp''' becomes '''overlápping

although if followed by a back vowel ('''a, o, u''') the '''c''' is pronounced '''k''': '''éxcavate''', AmE ''' But this '''x''' sound can also be written, before a front vowel, '''cc''': '''áccident''', *áxident, '''áccent, áccess, accépt, Occid�

Words beginning with '''gu'''- plus a front vowel, '''e, i''' or '''y''', have the hard sound; the '''u''' is written to show ...e, i''' and '''y''' medially often preceded by a '''d''' following a short vowel: '''George, gín, gŷroscope, géntleman, geriátric, giráffe, Gërmany, h

...ish [b d g], for example, are only fully voiced between segments such as [[vowel]]s that are themselves fully voiced, while in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], ...steners into the voicing more than actual vocal fold vibration itself; the vowel in 'cat', for instance, is rather shorter than the one in 'cad', and the fi

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...d, háppy, háppen, náppy, rípper, cúpped, stépping''', and after an initial vowel as in '''appŏrtion, appŏintment, apprôach, applŷ, opportûnity, úpper'

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...here it is really redundant, as the '''g''' is usually followed by a front vowel, '''e, i''' or '''y''': '''bádge, lédge, bádger, lédger, rídge, brídg '''d''' is often doubled, to emphasise the preceding short vowel: '''míddle, sádder, ádd, múddle, gíddy, ódd, pádding, wédded'''. T

...ry [[palatalization|palatal]] [[articulation]], caused by the high front [[vowel]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>i:<nowiki>]</nowiki> following it, something that is la

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...låw''' is *lå and '''lôw''' = '''lô''', unless the next word begins with a vowel: compare '''flôw''', silent '''w''', with '''flôw ón''' where the '''w'' ...''twîce, twâin''') one can put an accent on it and treat it as part of the vowel.