How to Pronounce Vowel "O" Sound (Long "O" vs Short "O")

How to Pronounce Vowel "O" Sound (Long "O" vs Short "O")

Vowels: Long “O” Sound

How to pronounce the long “o” sound.

The long “o” is a two-sound vowel that ends in a brief “w” sound. The body of the tongue is pushed back and in a low-to-mid mouth position and the bottom teeth can be felt along the sides of the tongue.

The sound moves into “aw” sound by raising the jaw slightly while closing the lips into small circle. The body of the tongue moves upward until the tongue is near the back of the hard palate

Read the following words. Pay attention to articulation and intonation.

Joke	Boat	Snow	Most
Rope	Soap	Own	Go
Vote	Toast	Known	Both

Vowels: Short “O” Sound

How to pronounce the short “o” sound.

The vocal tract is very open for the production of the short “o” sound. In fact, the jaw is held more open and the back of the tongue is held lower for this sound than any other American English vowel sound pronunciation. The tongue touches the inside of the bottom teeth so that the top of the tongue is nearly even with the top of the bottom teeth. The lips are held open and kept rounded, but relaxed.

Read the following words. Pay attention to articulation and intonation.

Odd	Dog
Box	Fog
Shock	Cog

Long “O”	Short “O”
Blob, slob, snob, block, clock, flock, frock, smock, stock, clod, plod, prod, clog, frog, smog, prong, crop, drop, flop, plop, slop, stop, blot, clot, plot, slot, spot, trot, cross, blotch, strong, blond, stomp, frost.	Broke, smoke, spoke, clone, crone, drone, stone, grope, slope, scope, score, store, snore, swore, globe, probe, stole, stroke, strode.

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