It's a rebellious protest at the horrendous murkin plot to eviscerate
respectable diphthongs such as 'foetal' - the people cannot be denied
and so will create their own!
But then again, there's no way I'm diving into the levee to rescue
someone screaming that. Ster-ewth!
AndrewF
On 24/12/2005, at 2:10 AM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/23/2005 8:16:20 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> zuiko@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Is there a name for making two syllables from one vowel
>
> You betcha, it is my native tongue. "Texan" and we can sometimes,
> on a good
> day, get three rather than just 2. Bill Barber
>
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