the long vowels as monophthongs

[Benjamin Barrett]

Those are what are referred to as diphthongs. BB

On May 3, 2008, at 5:23 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:

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

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