I love dipthongs

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These strange thong things exist in a lot of languages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

French has great diphthongs. (sorry, not English)

La sueur is one of my favorites. It means "sweat."

― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

except 'iu', 'ua', 'uo', 'ia', 'io', and 'eo', because they can't really be forced into one syllable.

― I am the best lyrocost since Dylan (Scourage), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't even say "dif-thongs." That is because I grew up in Idaho.

― Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

WHOA TRIPHTHONGS!

The following British Received Pronunciation vowel sequences are sometimes analyzed as triphthongs stressed on the first element (they are also analyzed as disyllabic sequences of a diphthong and a monophthong):

* [aʊ̯ə] as in hour
* [aɪ̯ə] as in fire

* [eɪ̯ə] as in player
* [ɔɪ̯ə] as in loyal, royal
* [əʊ̯ə] as in lower

HOLY HANNAH! MY TONGUE IS AFLAME LIKE THE PENTECOST!

― Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

where does this leave MAOAM?

― I am the best lyrocost since Dylan (Scourage), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

DAMN YOU! Now I'm trying to hoover up these annoying fly things, just because I googled MAOAM...

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link

t/s: irritating skater boy vs. screen flies

― I am the best lyrocost since Dylan (Scourage), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Dip thong:
http://brigite.com/photo%20gallery5/1.jpg

― Stupid, and is severely rationed, when I am: happy for sweet pickles, and t (goo, Wednesday, 20 December 2006 03:21 (seventeen years ago) link

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/8/8c/250px-Dipset.JPG + http://www.souvenirsaustralia.com/images/sydnightthongmagnet1.jpg

― haitch (not haitch) (haitch), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 03:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't believe a dipthong has to be a multi-letter combination either. The 'i' in 'bite' for example is a dipthong, being equivalent to an 'ai' sound rather than a pure 'i'.

― Dalzinho (Dalzinho), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 08:10 (seventeen years ago) link

At first I was like, what sort of thongs are these dipthongs that Abbot like? But I see it was a typo.

You should come to Finland, Finnish is ripe with diphthongs. The favourite Finnish word to say to foreigners is hääyöaie, which can twist quite a few tongues. (It means "wedding night intention", and it's not really a word anyone would use in normal language, but it's formally correct anyway.)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link

likes

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link

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