Comments on: 7 Guidelines for saying long and short vowels https://ellieenglish.uk/7-guidelines-for-saying-long-and-short-vowels/ Sat, 23 Sep 2023 05:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Walt https://ellieenglish.uk/7-guidelines-for-saying-long-and-short-vowels/#comment-9 Sat, 23 Sep 2023 05:12:34 +0000 https://ellieenglish.uk/?p=142#comment-9 I’m confused:

Guideline 7: If e is at the end of a word, the vowel in the same word becomes long. This is a basic rule taught to young children and is sometimes called Magic E: …, deviate, magistrate.
I pronounce them:
Deviate– E: long, IA: long E
Magistrate– A: short, I: short, A: long

Or are all the vowels pronounced with the LONG sound like in METHANE in Britain (both long) vs. America (short/long)?

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