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Unread 09-02-2006, 08:37 AM   #111
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Vobe wrote:


Themaginator wrote:


EQ2Playa432 wrote:
It just struck me - Felwithe isn't Fel/wi/thee?

no way Felwithe is  Fel-with dont forget that in english if theres an E at the end of a word it is almost NEVER pronounced EE...lol thats my biggest pet peeve of of all in pronunciation.
do you say Bye, Byeeee?  or Tomatoe, Tomatoeeeeeeeeee i hope not =P




That is for words with a vowel before the silent E, and that makes it a long vowel. Its the difference between "Made" and "Mad".

If the E on the end of Felwithe is infact silent, then the proper way to pronounce it is "fel - why - th", not "fel - wi - th".

As for the words Bye and Toe, again you need to recognize that that E is making the previous vowel sound different.

It cant be pronounced "with" if it has an E on the end. Its either "why - th" or "wi - thee".



 

The E in "bye" does nothing to the pronounciation of the actual word.  How do you pronounce the word "by" and the word "bye" ? The same, correct?

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