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Generally the "rule" in English is the same as the one in German: a double consonant ensure the preceding vowel is pronounced the short way rather than the long
by pwinnski 6y ago
Generally the "rule" in English is the same as the one in German: a double consonant ensure the preceding vowel is pronounced the short way rather than the long way.
The saddest sadist, the matter of maters, and the bitter biter, for example.
- lucian1900 6y agoThat’s not long or short, but different vowels entirely. A better spelling system would express the diphthongs explicitly, or at least as diacritics.