Follies: Your favorite diphthong- Page 2

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/28/11 at 6:02pm

Is "juicy" a diphthong?
I think so.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 10/28/11 at 6:19pm

Not in its correct pronunciation ("?jo?s?" is what my dictionary says).

This will be pretty pointless, but many people seem to not know what a diphthong is. It is when one syllable has multiple vowel sounds. The words "I," "how," and "ew" (pronounced "ah-ee," "ha-ow," and "ee-oo," the diphthong coming in at the last moment). As someone said, "dia" is not a diphthong because it is two syllables, but the first syllable ("di") is.

This thread is pretty hilarious so far.

Posted: 10/28/11 at 7:02pm

Diadem is as much a diphthong as that music at the start of Wicked is an overture.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/28/11 at 7:27pm

My online dict. gives juicy as an example of a diphthong.
Maybe they pronounce it jee-uicy.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/28/11 at 8:40pm

This thread is giving me flashbacks to studying the Skinner Method.

Every possible diphthong has a symbol. I remember trying to score a script in phonetics. The horror......

Posted: 10/28/11 at 10:42pm

Are you calling Phyllis a horror?

[chewy5000]

Posted: 10/28/11 at 11:03pm

That Stritch woman works in a great one:

"Dreamin' of the great day when
I'll be in a sho-ow

OOooOooHhhh"

[After Eight]

Posted: 10/29/11 at 12:01am

My favorite hiatus in Follies is the intermission.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/29/11 at 7:11am

Joe, you're such a diphthong.

Posted: 10/29/11 at 9:27am

I'm sorry I ever brought it up- this diphthong rating is tearing us apart! Can't we just enjoy the show and not have to dissect each and every vowel combination?

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/29/11 at 9:49am

You started it. This is your folly.

[tommyboy]

Posted: 10/29/11 at 12:47pm

Did you know that diphthong is one of a few words in the English language that has 4 consonants consecutively.

Maybe the only one?

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 10/29/11 at 12:58pm

Not to be a smart ass but:

eighth
heights
crankshaft
prankster, etc.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 10/29/11 at 4:01pm

"Did you know that diphthong is one of a few words in the English language that has 4 consonants consecutively?"

I did not and it's causing me much angst.