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Q&A Elongated vowel sounds

I've seen dashes used for this ("Ye-s"), but I wouldn't really recommend it. For readability, using repeated vowels sounds like the better, safer option. There's no need for the reader to guess wha...

posted 5y ago by Evil Sparrow‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-14T20:45:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:41:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T11:41:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
I've seen dashes used for this ("Ye-s"), but I wouldn't really recommend it. For readability, using repeated vowels sounds like the better, safer option. There's no need for the reader to guess what the repeated vowel means (was the word interrupted, or was the vowel elongated?) and you have the option of stretching out the word to be as long as you need (waay vs. waaaaaaay).

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-10T15:31:57Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 1