the long vowels as monophthongs

[Benjamin Barrett]

Okay. I now concede the point. I had thought that despite trollish
behavior, he was trying with sincerity. BB

On May 3, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

> 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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