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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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It's titles.
Although I do rather like tittles!
(, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:02, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
This doubbling consonants should have a rule or a guideline or something. I'm always confused/confussed.
(, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:08, Reply)
if the vowel is long, like the i in smiled, then it's one consonant. If the vowel is short, like the i in filled, then it's two.
So the long sound of u is in confused, the short sound is in fussed.
(, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:11, Reply)
I can't tell appart between long and short sounds. We only have 5 sounds for vowels and those are the ones that my brain can differenciate. After 5 years here, I still can't tell the difference between beach and bitch. Mark insists on teaching me, and I try, but no, they sound the same.
(, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:15, Reply)
No one will hold it against you, look at the way Gonz writes and English is his first language!
(, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 9:57, Reply)
This post validates me, therefore I am happy.
This is is
(, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 10:15, Reply)
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