> This is mostly true for every language that uses the Roman alphabet and isn't English. That is not actually the case. In Catalan, for example, "e" and "o" ma

> This is mostly true for every language that uses the Roman alphabet and isn't English. That is not actually the case. In Catalan, for example, "e" and "o" may be pronounced either open or close (/ɛ/ vs /e/, /ɔ/ vs /o/), and the difference may only be marked with an accent mark (è, é, ò, ó) if that syllable was to be accentuated according to the rules, or if it happens to distinguish two differently pronounced words that would otherwise be spelt the same. Also, the most prevalent dialect of Catalan will pronounce non-stressed "a" and "e" as schwa (/ə/) and non-stressed "o" the same as "u". I believe something similar to this happens in Portuguese. And don't even get me started on French...