Are there 6 Long Vowels?

Please give an example of a word with that sound.

That's the problem...
I can't even image in the sound, but...

There are at least 7 short vowels 5 of them are associated with longs.

a - A
e - E
i - I
o - O
u - oo

but then there are the two other short vowels:
The sound "a" makes in "mall."
And in German and in Spanish the "u" like sound. To make this sound you try to make the "e" sound and place it in your throat where you would a "u" as in "uh".

Anyway, since all the other shorts can be translated to longs. It seems like there should be at least 1 if not 2 more longs.

Re: That's the problem...


Let me get this right. You can't even imagine the sound, but you believe it exists? Or is it a hypothetical sound that nobody has heard?



That depends on where you live. In England, it is like the 'a' in 'hat', in some parts of America, it is like the 'a' in 'small'.

Yes....
I hate to be so pointed, but yes. I'm thinking out of the box. I believe there is one or two.

AEIOU and sometimes Y as is copy.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_246.html

But Y doesn't represent a unique Vowel.
Y as in Copy. Is really just E. And "Y" as in Yes is actually a consonant.

Re: But Y doesn't represent a unique Vowel.


No it isn't. It's "y".

Different Languages maybe?
I don't know if you're talking about English as upposed to American? But "Copy" in American is undoubtedly said: "Kah" "Pee". Same exact sound as "E".

Re: Different Languages maybe?


Rather a hasty statement, I meant to imply. I am trying to think of some native English words where a single letter 'e' is sounded like the 'y' in 'copy'. Only a few, like penis and Peter and create. I can think of plenty where 'e' is sounded like it is in the word 'egg' for example.

I know, of course, that, when reciting the alphabet, the name of the letter 'e' is sounded 'ee', like the 'y' in 'copy'. But that is a different thing.



Huh? There is no such language as "American". Did you mean American English?

Did you mean opposed?