Dip-thong

[Benjamin Barrett]

That goes along with sixths [six] and eighths [eits] in my book. I don't
know if I've ever used the th sound except on purpose.

Benjamin Barrett
gogaku at ix.netcom.com

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Beverly Flanigan

And then there's that simple (monosyllabic, non-ph) word "fifth."  I'm
hearing [fITH] more and more--or maybe I'm just tuning in more to a
long-used pronunciation.