What does fret mean?
fret • FRET • verb. 1 a : to eat or gnaw into : wear, corrode; also : fray b : rub, chafe c : to make by wearing away 2 : to become vexed or worried 3 : agitate, ripple. Examples: “You shouldn’t fret so much over your wardrobe,” Liza said. “
Do you pronounce the g in length?
So, the “g” is not actually pronounced as a “g,” but it is not a “silent” letter either. It is actually pronounced in words such as “anger” and “linger”—but the same sort of thing does not happen in “strength” and “length” because of the “th” sound that follows immediately after.
How is an pronounced?
A becomes a (ay), and an becomes an (aan). And if we’re saying the letter of the alphabet, we say Ay. What about the? Again, we don’t normally stress that either, but sometimes we can and then the pronunciation changes to the (thee).