I think that one obvious difference to be pointed out here is that: /ɔː/ is a monophthong while /oʊ/ is a diphthong (that is, if you were in fact referring to these symbols) The first one (monophthong) mainly consists of only one

From the Wikipedia article, here are the Standard English diphthongs RP ( British ) Australian American GA Canadian l ow l ou d l ou t l ie d

diphthongs...is composed of two vowels that are pronounced as one. is it right to say ..two vowels sounded as one how about gave,arrange, those word with long a.. how can i easily identify diphthongs? Normal 0 false false

Hello, I don't know this either. I thought diphthongs could consist only of combinations of vowel sounds. I've just checked this in some dictionaries and they seem to confirm my understanding. From Oxford online dic : diphthong : a

what are all the consonant diphthongs

Long, long ago and far, far away, I once learned that w is really more often a part of a diphthong rather than a pure vowel. Ho w , co w , fe w . Examples of when it is a consonant w ay, w izard. The best way to tell is if it creates a separate

There are phonetic and structural differences between Indian accents and American or British ones. The way Indians join words, the intonation patterns and weak/strong forms are all different. Phonetically Indians do not use long sounds or

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

Ok, lol... then... I don't know if I understand your problem, but you are right, transcriptions in dictionaries are not accurate. But I don't know what to say, because it varies from dictionary to dictionary...I'll just give you a few