the long vowels as monophthongs

[Mark Mandel]

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> I don't follow all of his threads, but this seems to be the absolutely
> clearest example that he can be given of what a diphthong is.
>
> Because of the nature of English, native speakers are prone to hearing
> certain diphthongs as monophthongal (just as the "t" in prince and
> princess is nearly unrecognizable).
>
> I do hope that others will chime in on this as I think it has the best
> chance of getting through to him.


I wish it could. I would bet that it won't.

m a m

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