The reason that it is not spelt "octopous" is that in Latin, "ou" is never a diphthong, so that a Latin word "octopous" would have four syllables. When Greek words are transliterated into Latin ...

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Much like diphthongs ‘gliding’ from one target vowel to another, triphthongs rather logically ‘glide’ exactly like a diphthong would, but then to an additional target vowel afterwards, giving three ...

This year’s spelling bee featured 16 teams that competed inside Boston’s State Street Channel Center on April 11, according ...

Here, you should remember that while a pure vowel contains just one vowel sound, a diphthong is a sound that combines two vowels. Pure vowels include those you have in spot, but and hit while the ...

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In verbs like 'swear' or 'shout' or 'shoot', the two vowels together produce either a diphthong or a long vowel sound and it is therefore unnecessary to double the consonant in the past tense or ...

For any actor who wants to convincingly talk like they’re from New Jersey, it can be confusing to figure out how to speak like a native. While the most well-known Garden State accent is the ...

But the correct pronunciation of the word is not Illi-NOIS but Illi-NOI, meaning that it ends with the same diphthong that ends ‘annoy’ or ‘boy’ when articulated. The term is a living ...