Editing O (section)

===English===
The letter {{angbr|o}} is the fourth [[Letter frequency|most common letter]] in the [[English alphabet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pi.math.cornell.edu/~mec/2003-2004/cryptography/subs/frequencies.html|title=Frequency Table|website=www.math.cornell.edu}}</ref> Like the other English vowel letters, it has associated "long" and "short" pronunciations. The "long" {{angbr|o}} as in ''boat'' is actually most often a [[diphthong]] {{IPAc-en|oʊ}} (realized dialectically anywhere from {{IPA|[o]}} to {{IPA|[əʊ]}}). In English, there is also a "short" {{angbr|o}} as in ''fox'', {{IPAc-en|ɒ}}, which sounds slightly different in different dialects. In most dialects of [[British English]], it is either an [[open-mid back rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɔ]}} or an [[open back rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɒ]}}; in [[American English]], it is most commonly an unrounded back {{IPA|[ɑ]}} to a central vowel {{IPA|[a]}}.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=International Phonetic Alphabet for American English - IPA Chart |url=https://easypronunciation.com/en/american-english-pronunciation-ipa-chart |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=easypronunciation.com}}</ref>

Common [[Digraph (orthography)|digraphs]] include {{angbr|oo}}, which represents either {{IPAc-en|uː}} or {{IPAc-en|ʊ}}; {{angbr|oi}} or {{angbr|oy}}, which typically represents the diphthong {{IPAc-en|ɔɪ}}, and {{angbr|ao}}, {{angbr|oe}}, and {{angbr|ou}} which represent a variety of pronunciations depending on context and etymology.<ref name=":1" />

In other contexts, especially before a letter with a [[minim (palaeography)|minim]], {{angbr|o}} may represent the sound {{IPAc-en|ʌ}}, as in 'son' or 'love'. It can also represent the [[semivowel]] {{IPAc-en|w}}, as in ''choir'' or ''quinoa.''{{fact|date=November 2022}}

"O" in isolation is a word, also spelled "oh" and pronounced {{IPA|/oʊ/}}. Before a noun, usually capitalized, it indicates direct address (the [[vocative case]]), as in the titles "[[O Canada]]" or "[[O Captain! My Captain!]]" or in certain verses of the [[Bible]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%22o+lord%22&qs_version=KJV |title=Quick search: "o lord" |access-date=2013-12-05}}</ref>