Fornicating Under Consent of King

Re:Fornicating Under Consent of King by thaumasiotes on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:42AM (#28084008)

> The English "long vowels" (diphthongs really: a combination of two vowel sounds) would be written with two letters in Spanish (and IPA).

Three out of five are diphthongs. "Long E" is /i/. "Long u" is /u/.

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Re:Fornicating Under Consent of King by tuukkah on Friday August 06, 2021 @04:11AM (#28084475)

Good clarification. Depending on the variant of English, "long e", "long u" and "long a" may or may not sound like diphthongs. They can be analysed as /ij/ and /uw/. Wikipedia puts them under "potential diphthongs".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong#English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology#Vowels

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