English

In English, represents a voiced labiodental fricative.

Special rules of orthography normally apply to the letter :
* Traditionally, is not doubled to indicate a short vowel, the way, for example, is doubled to indicate the difference between super and supper. However, that is changing with newly coined words, such as , divvy up and skivvies.
* A word-final sound (except in of) is normally spelled -, regardless of the

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