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II Stress in English Language^5311

4. as a schwa*. 5. "uh" as in mercy. 6. or it may be silent as in life.
   The vowel i may be pronounced:
   
   
   1. i as in pit (shon i)
   
   
   2. i as in machine (long i)
   
   
   3. ei as in life (peculiarly English i)
   
   
   4. as a "schwa"
      The vowel 0 may be pronounced:
      
      
      1. 0 as in font (short 0)
      
      
      2. oh as in only (long 0)
      
      
      3. "uh" as in some. 4. as a schwa*
         The vowel u may be pronounced:
      
      
      4. u as in full (short u)
      
      
      5. u as in brute (long u)
      
      
      6. yu as in union (peculiarly English u)
      
      
      
      
   
   
   5. "uh" as in cup
      
      
      • a schwa is an unstressed vowel such as the a in comma, e in
        model, second 0 in common, i as in one American pronunciation
        of mobile [mob'uh'l], all pronounced as 'uh' by many speakers.
        Consonant sounds
        B, sounds almost as sharp as p in English.
        Bh, is like V, sometimes the sound of bh in the middle and at the
        end of certain words is like u and sometimes it is silent.
        F, is like f in English.
        Fh, is silent, except in the three words jhein,jhuair,jhathast, when
        it has the sound of h.
        M, is like m in English.