Talk:Tipedo/@comment-70.79.105.183-20150422224154/@comment-81.2.82.6-20150522095509

If the letters go vowel > consonant > e, then the e modifies the sound of the preceding vowel, eg.

Tide, tire, time, tile.

As opposed to when there is no e:

Tip, tit, tin, tick.

Or two or more consonants before the e:

Tipperary, tickle, timber.