The diphthong thing

FRITZ JUENGLING juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US
Tue Oct 3 22:33:38 UTC 2006


>>> truespel at HOTMAIL.COM 10/3/2006 2:23 PM >>>
> A vowel is a phoneme, so it's two
>phonemes, and the ones referenced are ah-ee.

Vowel and phoneme are not the same.  A diphthong can also be a phoneme.

Fritz

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