The Silent e: Difference between revisions
From FrathWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
(examples, category) |
m (ɹ not r) |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
| br'''a''' /bɹɑː/ || br'''ae''' /bɹeɪ/ || br'''ay''' /bɹeɪ/ || Final '''a''' for /ɑː/ is an even newer addition to English --> | | br'''a''' /bɹɑː/ || br'''ae''' /bɹeɪ/ || br'''ay''' /bɹeɪ/ || Final '''a''' for /ɑː/ is an even newer addition to English --> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| r'''o'''d /ɹɒd/ || r'''o'''d'''e''' / | | r'''o'''d /ɹɒd/ || r'''o'''d'''e''' /ɹoʊd/ || r'''oa'''d /ɹoʊd/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| pl'''u'''m /plʌm/ || pl'''u'''m'''e''' /pluːm/ || l'''oo'''m /luːm/ || Sorry, couldn't find a "minimal triplet" | | pl'''u'''m /plʌm/ || pl'''u'''m'''e''' /pluːm/ || l'''oo'''m /luːm/ || Sorry, couldn't find a "minimal triplet" | ||
Latest revision as of 13:31, 13 January 2010
The Silent E rule of Modern English involves the changing of vowels due to an e at the end of the word. Historically the final e was pronounced as a schwa /ə/. It also indicated a different stress, and those vowels had a more heavily affected by the Great Vowel Shift.
| Vowel | Vowel with silent e | Compareable vowel tri/digraph | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| bit /bɪt/ | bite /baɪt/ | bight /baɪt/ | |
| sin /sɪn/ | sine /saɪn/ | sign /saɪn/ | |
| pet /pɛt/ | Pete /piːt/ | peat /piːt/ | e_e is rare and has usually been respelled as ee |
| pan /pæn/ | pane /peɪn/ | pain /peɪn/ | |
| rod /ɹɒd/ | rode /ɹoʊd/ | road /ɹoʊd/ | |
| plum /plʌm/ | plume /pluːm/ | loom /luːm/ | Sorry, couldn't find a "minimal triplet" |
