Happy
say...
traffic
TRAH-fic
say...
also
ALL-so
say...
dismiss
dis-MISS
say...
extend
eks-STEND
say...
busy
BIH-zy
say...
nadden
NAH-den
say...
salty
say...
limvis
LIM-vis
say...
exist
egz-IST
say...
these
THEEZ
say...
our family motto
MOH-to
say...
baltic
say...
let's discuss this
dis-CUSS
say...
exnet
eks-NET
say...
know
no
say...
My frisky kitten sat on the groggy hippo.
fris-ky
kit-ten
grog-gy
hip-po
Say...
The ball is always rolling.
bALL
ALL-ways
say...
Tommy Ellis did confess on campus.
EL-lis
con-FESS
CAM-pus
say...
exift
egz-IFT
say...
strange
strAnj
Explain the Happy Rule
If a vowel is Short and you can't hear anything closing it off, then double the next sound that you can hear
Explain the Almost All Rule.
You only double the L if it is at the end of the word
Explain the Campus Confess Rule.
S at the end of multi-syllable words is only doubled if the last syllable is accented (long)
Explain the No EXS/ No EGS Rule.
EXS=the /s/ sound is part of the X.
EGS=when EX is followed by a vowel, it sounds like /EGS/
say...
through
thrU