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Re: diphthong

Two vowel letters are something you can see with your eyes in a word like soul. Two vowel sounds is something you can hear with your ears only, not see in print: gave. In the last example there is only one written vowel, a. There may be languages in which diphthongs are pronounced even when they...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 143 days ago Difference between Expressions Vowels Phonetics Diphthongs
Re: diphthong

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:diphthong:(phonetics) a combination of two vowel sounds or vowel lettersmonophthong:a speech sound that consists of only one vowel soundtriphthong:a combination of three vowel sounds or vowel lettersThe above definitions use the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jackson6612 143 days ago Difference between Expressions Vowels Phonetics Diphthongs
Re: diphthong

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:diphthong:(phonetics) a combination of two vowel sounds or vowel lettersmonophthong:a speech sound that consists of only one vowel soundtriphthong:a combination of three vowel sounds or vowel lettersThe above definitions answer some of...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jackson6612 145 days ago Difference between Vowels Phonetics Diphthongs
Re: diphthong

No, that's not really a very satisfactory explanation of diphthongs!There are a few posts on vowels on the forum, which you should search. Note also the difference between a vowel (an invisible sound) and a vowel letter (a visible written mark). CJ

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 145 days ago Difference between Vowels Diphthongs
Re: How's and House - are they pronounced differently?

Oh, I was forgetting about vowel length... You guys are right. I just didn't think about that because it seems to me that in some cases the distinction is not very noticeable, especially in diphthongs. I can definitely tell the difference between "got" and "god", but I don't think there's such a...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 185 days ago Vowels Difference between Diphthongs

Re: Question about how to pronounce Europe

I'd say that there is a slight difference between the US and UK pronunciation of the word. The first syllable of Europe in British English is generally pronounced with the diphthong // while in American English it is simply with the vowel //. The diphthong // is a characteristic of British...

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Orpheus 1 yr 8 days ago

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Re: Canadians and their English

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising. Basically, the diphthong “ai”--as in "by" or "lie"--is...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 1 yr 97 days ago Universities Vowels Difference between Dialects Idioms Articles Numbers Diphthongs American English Definite articles Consonants
Re: which pronunciation for clarity is more popular?

Ok, this thread is becoming a mess, it was my fault, I'm so sorry...Well, let's try to distinguish those sounds, with the help of some audio files:IPA / æ /XSAMPA / { /Example: cat /kæt/ - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catIPA / ɛ / XSAMPA / E / Example: bet /bɛt/ -...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 100 days ago Difference between Pronunciation Diphthongs
Re: tE or dE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervocalic_alveolar_flapping/t/ is flapped after a vowel, /r/ and sometimes /l/, and before an unstressed syllable.I'm not sure that there is much difference between flapped /t/ and /d/ in pairs like "latter" - "ladder". These words are distinguished by the vowel...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Alienvoord 1 yr 238 days ago Vowels Difference between Diphthongs
Re: The letter A

Edit : Or i meant the difference between the diphthong ei and ae in some words...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Anonymous 2 yr 342 days ago Difference between Diphthongs