White Flag -- "rythm", no vowel in

Tom Zurinskas truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Tue Mar 20 09:49:21 UTC 2012


My take is that the word "rhythm" phonetically has two vowels ~rithim, like "prism" ~prizim, but not film ~film (although my father used to say ~filim).

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk


                                          
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