Ron Hunter says: > > Well, Jay, that IS how it SHOULD be spelled, unless you want to say it > tumaata. In order for the ending 'o' to have a long 'o' sound, there needs to > be a following vowel.
I don't know of any case where a trailing "O" is not long. Do you? I guess by your rule, the following are true: motto - mot tah toto - tah tah tobasco - tuh bass kah lotto - lah tah grotto - grah tah staccato - stah kah tah -- Jerry Baker
