the long vowels as monophthongs

[Tom Zurinskas]

The long vowels as one sound - monophthongs.  Go to the the link below.  I express the long vowels as I say them, and as I believe is the majority form in USA.  They are monophthongs to me.  Click on the play arrow twice to hear play.  If you can identify the phoneme in one sound, it's a monophthong.

http://www.qlipmedia.com/wqb/index.php?discid=bed59983

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com.







> English doesn't have pure [o]; Italian or French often does. English
> "long vowels" are all diphthongs.
>
> Can't write more now.
>
> m a m
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