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"monophthongizes" Heck of a word is that.
by _a_a_a_ 2y ago
"monophthongizes" Heck of a word is that.
- CRConrad 2y agoAn example from the WP article linked by user BalinKing: > Some dialects of English make monophthongs from former diphthongs. For instance, Southern American English tends to realize the diphthong /aɪ/ as in eye as a long monophthong [äː], a feature known as /aj/ ungliding or /ay/ ungliding. You know, where “I spy with my eye” from a (caricatured) Southerner becomes “Ah spah with mah ah”. What are diphthongs in most dialects of English have been turned into monophthongs. Thanks, BalinKing, TIL!
- BalinKing 2y agohey, I don't make the rules :-P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophthongization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophthongization