Fascinating; my son is just learning reading (English), and we start with those 'germanic' (i.e. short) vowel sounds as the default way of sounding, then try th

Fascinating; my son is just learning reading (English), and we start with those 'germanic' (i.e. short) vowel sounds as the default way of sounding, then try the longer sounds if it doesn't sound right (or has a modifier).