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Introduction from Tangiora - How do we manage to spell our many vowel sounds with just five vowel letters? We'll ask the Spelling Queen this morning. Tangiora - Good morning Paquita. Are you going to tell us how to use five letters to spell our twenty vowel sounds? Paquita - We can make a start today. Some languages use little marks over A, E, I, O or U to indicate short or long vowels. Some use set codes. EI in German always spells [I] as in height. EI in French always spel