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Re: [OM] [OT] Diphthong (was: Dipthong)

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Diphthong (was: Dipthong)
From: Frank van Lindert <lindertv@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 16:29:03 +0200
Joel,

You are right about the spelling but... I was taught that diphthongs
were a kind of vowels (as opposed to monophthongs), rather than
consonants... Did I learn wrong?
See also
http://www.britannica.com/search?query=diphthong

Frank van Lindert
Utrecht Holland


>Hey, doods, if you characters are gonna be so prissy about your 
>diphthongs, you ought at least to spell the word correctly. It's got 
>two diphthongs of its own ("ph" and "th" corresponding to Greek phi 
>and theta). ;-)
>
>"Dipthong" is what a California girl does in the Pacific Ocean when 
>she wants to wash the sand off her buns (or whatever).
>
>Joel W.
>


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