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Anonymous  +  169326 Tue, 13 Dec 05 03:33 AM
    Are there any that aren't variations of one, once, and are English? I read a little about it's origins and am trying to find another example.
CalifJim  +  169381 Tue, 13 Dec 05 06:59 AM
"about its origins", not "about it's origins (= about it is origins)".  Smile [:)]

I'm not aware of any except those (one, once), but if you do find any, I would be very interested to know what they are.  I have never found another example after 85 years of searching.  Smile [:)]  (Well, maybe not that long.)

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Anonymous, 193 days ago
once
Anonymous, 193 days ago
From Dictionary.com


Word History: Why do we pronounce one (wŭn) and once (wŭns) while other words derived from one, like only, alone, and atone, are pronounced with a long o? Over time, stressed vowels commonly become diphthongs, as when Latin bona became buona in Italian and buena in Spanish. A similar diphthongization of one and once began in the late Middle Ages in the west of England and in Wales and is first recorded around 1400. The vowel sound underwent a series of changes, such that the word's pronunciation went from (ōn) to (ōōōn), with two syllables, to (wōn) to (wōōn) to (wŏŏn) and finally to (wŭn). In southwest England, this diphthongization happened to other words beginning with the long o sound, such as oats, pronounced there now as (wŭts). Only in one and once did this diphthongal pronunciation gain widespread usage.


I suppose there are several words that are similar to "one" in pronunciation.  However, we do not use them in the United States.

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