http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aPronunciation+tag%3aRegards+tag%3aAbbreviationsSearch results for 'tag:Pronunciation tag:Regards tag:Abbreviations' matching tags 'Pronunciation', 'Regards', and 'Abbreviations'en-USXMOD (Build: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LongVowelsAndShortVowels/mqzbw/post.htm#1082415Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:21:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1082415bob cunninghamOn 28 Jan 2005 20:09:37 -0800, R H Draney Bob Cunningham filted: When we were in elementary school, the teacher taught us ... the vowels in "peck", "pick", "pock", and "rut" were short. That's "root" rhymes with "toot", not "root" rhymes with "foot" (a different short counterpart)...nor is it "root" sounds like "route", ... when you need the "caught" (aka "lawn" for the CIC) vowel...or the "father" (or "swat") vowel either for that matter..r I suspect you didn't read and understand the entirety of my posting. The idea I tried to convey was that the "long" vs "short"...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PalindromeEmordnilap/3/mbmdl/Post.htm#1011214Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:14:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1011214mark barrattDE781 filted: How assininininian (of BOTH of you)! What's wrong with the ... can only write "abbreviation" as "arv" from now on?! Ridiculous! I'm taking up the challenge...from now on, I'll only pronounce "monosyllable" as "mulb"..r A fine idea. Some of us already pronounce "glo'al stop" appropriately. The new pronunciation of "devoiced" will, of course, be /'ti: fOist/. "Silent" may cause some confusion, though. Regards, Mark Barratthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InformativeEssay/bmhb/post.htm#9559Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:17:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9559wumanfuHi, this informative essay took me about 1 hour to research and write. It’s far from perfect but at least it is a draft that I’m proud of. I’ll refine it when I can. Although I’m happy with the basic structure, I need to correct split infinitives and try to make the syntax better. I’d be grateful for anyone who has time to help me refine my good but imperfect ‘Chinglish’. Wu An Informative Essay Some folk will tell you that it’s impossible to animate or vivify information that comes straight out of a dictionary. Dictionaries are boring, confusing and soporific to boot! However, it’s my aim in this essay to impart knowledge regarding the adjective ‘informative’ and the transitive verb from which it’s formed, ‘inform’. My source...