4 Oct
2014
4 Oct
'14
15:31
To make a vowel short, you follow it with a double consonant, eg flossing, popping, hopping, loss.
So super = to an extreme degree supper = an evening meal.
It's more difficult with lose and loose, as both have a long sounding 'o'. Different roots. Wow! another old-timer who was taught English before the fools at UC Berkeley decreed that spelling and grammar were no longer relevant to
On 10/4/2014 16:33, Bob Williams wrote: the English language :-). Now I'll shut up, too. john perry (yes, I know...) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org