A long vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced the same way as the name of the letter itself. For example, the long U sound is pronounced like "yoo," as would be the case in words like "lure" and "tube." By contrast, the short U sound is pronounced more like "uh," as in words like "cub" and "tub."
The term short vowel is used to refer to the sounds that most often correspond to the letters 'a,' 'e,' 'i,' 'o,' and 'u' when the vowel occurs individually between consonants (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant, or CVC pattern).
Answer For example, in English spelling, vowel letters in words of the form consonant + vowel letter + consonant CVC are called "short" and "long" depending on whether or not they are followed by the letter e (CVC vs. ... The long vowels are more often represented by a horizontal line above the vowel: a e i o u
