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My bread is green
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cauffeepot
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My bread is green
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It �s probably not good to eat. Anyway, I �m doing short o with my students on Monday (tall o isn �t available that day) and as I was writing the words out, lo and behold, I found out �was � is a short o word. Why isn �t it short a? |
23 Oct 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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It�s probably green with envy, because you ate some rolls this morning... 
The letter �a� in the word "was" is pronounced more like an �o� than like an �a�, don�t you think? ;))
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23 Oct 2010
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cauffeepot
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was-the a is an ah sound, at least to me. so I consulted with a colleague and we conducted a fruitless search to find the answer. If I go tell my kids on Monday that the a in �was � is an o sound, they �ll be totally confused. |
23 Oct 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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Well, don�t tell them then!!
Actually, I for one think that the �a� in "was" doesn�t sound like the �a� in "date" or "umbrella" at all, for example. IMHO this might/must be the reason why you�ve found that word in the short �o� category...  |
23 Oct 2010
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cauffeepot
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It sounds like an �ah � to me. And it �s too late, I already wrote the word list out. |
23 Oct 2010
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cauffeepot
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WELL, WAS should be pronounced w-ah-z. Then I wouldn �t be having this issue. The English police need to fix this. |
23 Oct 2010
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yanogator
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Here in the US, "was" is pronounced "wuz" - rhymes with "fuzz"
Bruce |
23 Oct 2010
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Jayho
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That�s funny Bruce, it reminds me of the rhyme Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, except if you say "was" like "WUZ" then how would you say fuzzy wuzzy?
As Apodo wrote, downunder we say it with a short o sound, WOZ, the same as the Brits.
Cheers
Jayho |
23 Oct 2010
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little rat
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It �s /woz/ when accentuated and it �s pronounced with a schwa when unaccented |
23 Oct 2010
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almaz
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Typical smarty-pants student �s snowclone: if X is spelled like Y, then why isn �t it pronounced like Y? |
23 Oct 2010
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