"long" and "short" vowels

[Tom Zurinskas]

The reason I bring it up is that the "long vowels" as I was taught were the "letter name" vowels for a,e,i,o,u, as in bay, bee, by, beau, boo.  The short vowels are also for a,e,i,o,u, as in hat, get, hit, hot, hut.  I think USA teachers still teach this way.  Is the change as indicated by the site below official for USA English?


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com


> Formulate what you think the terms "long" and "short" vowels are and see the site below to see if you are correct.
>
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/pronguide.htm
>
> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> see truespel.com
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