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19 responses to “i as in taxi”

  1. Doaa says:

    Does the” i ” have a long e sound in these words?
    Is that because of the etymology of these words?
    Is there a rule when to sound the i with long e sound?
    Thx in advance

  2. Jeana Marie Pizzo Maggio says:

    It’s making me think of how to spell 1 of the characters from the sequel of Disney’s “The Lion King”; “The Lion King Ⅱ: Simba’s Pride”. And that character I’m talking about is Vitani.

  3. Lily Su says:

    What about mosquito?

  4. vihaan.srivatsa says:

    I don’t think apricot has the long /ee/ sound I think it has the short /i/ sound.

  5. vihaan.srivatsa says:

    I don’t think apricot has long /ee/ sound i think it has the short /i/ sound.

    • alison says:

      Hi Vihaan, the Macquarie Dictionary says “/ˈeɪprikɒt/ (say ‘aypreekot)” so maybe you don’t have an Aussie accent and that’s why you say it with ‘short’ /i/. Alison

      • Rod says:

        In American English, we say apricot with the schwa sound ˈa-prə-ˌkät
        Also, what about chili?

        • alison says:

          Yes, we also sometimes say the ‘i’ in ‘apricot’ as a schwa, the Macquarie Dictionary says the pronunciation is /ˈeɪprikɒt/ (say ‘aypreekot), or /-prə-/ (say -pruh-). Chili could be added to this list, but my dictionary says it’s spelt ‘chilli’ in the US, is that wrong? I’ll add it now. Thanks, Alison

  6. vihaan.srivatsa says:

    Thank you, that is very interesting.

  7. Insertnamehere says:

    My name has an I as an ee sound

  8. Elise Cassidy says:

    What about pizza?

  9. Lisa says:

    Love this site!! I understand the history of such sound shifts but find it easier to teach children when there is a “rule”. Do you know of a rule for long ee spelt i? eg police?

    Thank you

    • alison says:

      I work with a lot of literal kids on the Autism spectrum so talk about patterns or guidelines rather than rules, because they get upset when a rule doesn’t really work as a rule. Words with /ee/ spelt with a letter ‘i’ are often Latin in origin, but that doesn’t really help kids spell them, it just explains why they have an unexpected spelling. ‘Police’ is a bit of an outlier, the only other word I can think of like it is ‘caprice’, usually words which end like this are pronounced either like ‘advice’ or like ‘solstice’ with an unstressed second syllable. Maybe this is a good opportunity to practise Set for Variability using words from here? https://www.morewords.com/ends-with-by-length/ice

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