Comments on: The Six Spellings of “Long E” http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joan Moran http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-395540 Joan Moran Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:44:11 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-395540 The E in many words is the 'bossy' e - turning the short vowel sould into a long sound. The most powerful letter! The E in many words is the ‘bossy’ e – turning the short vowel sould into a long sound. The most powerful letter!

]]> By: Chuck Baggett http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-392752 Chuck Baggett Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:27:09 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-392752 The i in "sink" sounds like a long e to me. I've never noticed other people say it any other way. Same for "think". Does the i in ink, sink, and think sound like a long e to you? When I say eenk, seenk, theenk. I'm saying ink, sink, and think. The i in “sink” sounds like a long e to me. I’ve never noticed other people say it any other way. Same for “think”.

Does the i in ink, sink, and think sound like a long e to you?

When I say eenk, seenk, theenk. I’m saying ink, sink, and think.

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-389006 Maeve Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:48:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-389006 Espie, I think most Americans pronounce that final y with a long e sound nowadays. I've noticed, however, in Romalda Spalding's <i>The Writing Road to Reading</i>, that see gives a short i sound for it. I have heard some modern speakers pronounce "happee" as "happi". Espie,
I think most Americans pronounce that final y with a long e sound nowadays. I’ve noticed, however, in Romalda Spalding’s The Writing Road to Reading, that see gives a short i sound for it. I have heard some modern speakers pronounce “happee” as “happi”.

]]> By: espie http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-388981 espie Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:35:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-388981 I wonder what's the right sound for the 'y ending of words (happy, family, really, etc)..is it /i/ or /I/... I wonder what’s the right sound for the ‘y ending of words (happy, family, really, etc)..is it /i/ or /I/…

]]> By: ty harrington http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/comment-page-1/#comment-388640 ty harrington Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:12:32 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-six-spellings-of-long-e/#comment-388640 You-all are missing one spelling of long-e and that is the spelling with the "e" with a flat line above it....which I am at a loss to know how to generate with my computer keyboard and which I believe has another definition used in medical writing, perhaps in prescriptions, I am not sure, but which I am trying to look up, hence my presence here with this observation -- and appreciation if anyone can let me know how to type the e with a long sound line over it, and what it means in math/medical symbol terminology. Thanks You. You-all are missing one spelling of long-e and that is the spelling with the “e” with a flat line above it….which I am at a loss to know how to generate with my computer keyboard and which I believe has another definition used in medical writing, perhaps in prescriptions, I am not sure, but which I am trying to look up, hence my presence here with this observation — and appreciation if anyone can let me know how to type the e with a long sound line over it, and what it means in math/medical symbol terminology. Thanks You.

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