― Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link
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
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* [eɪ̯ə] as in player * [ɔɪ̯ə] as in loyal, royal * [əʊ̯ə] as in lower
HOLY HANNAH! MY TONGUE IS AFLAME LIKE THE PENTECOST!
― I am the best lyrocost since Dylan (Scourage), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― I am the best lyrocost since Dylan (Scourage), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― 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
― haitch (not haitch) (haitch), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 03:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dalzinho (Dalzinho), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 08:10 (seventeen years ago) link
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