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Rh travelled, vis, ss, certain, but vi·s wise, Me·n injury, but men, nn, but; a vowel followed by a single m is short except in E·m vapor.

145. A vowel before a single final k, p, t as a rule is short, the consonant then being pronounced long ; Ex.: Tak, kk, thanks, Hop, pp, jump, Hat, tt, hat.

Exceptions are some specific Norwegian words which have never been accepted into the Danish literature and therefore never have been spelled in accordance with Danish pronunciation: Aat food of fishes, Laat sound (=Danish Lyd), laak (being) in poor healthealth [sic], Raak a lane of water through the ice, Löp a kind of wooden box.

146. A consonant is always long after a stressed short vowel; when an unstressed vowel follows then the consonant is written double; Hul hole, plur. Huller, Suppe soup, Smör butter (Smörret the butter).