> Geoff: > No, I didn't suggest that. > > In your post 37399, you gave two examples for 'i'. For long 'i', > you suggested the pronoun 'I' and for the short 'i' as in 'it'. > > Neither of these covers the 'i' sound of 'machine' which is precisely > the reason for my comment above. Potioncat: OK, OK. You've had your fun. So, just how does the 'i' in machine sound?