Re: Is "oo" a diphthong?

From: josephus (dogbird_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:05:08 GMT

the real reason is simple I learned to read and speak Standard English
and the vocabulary I initially learned was different than the version I
subsequently learned. Which part of English speaker did I leave out?

Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> josephus wrote:
>
>> I think the problem is deeper. In the recognition of the brain.
>> Americans cannot distinguish the difference between Kill and Cool
>> /ki/ versus /ku/
>>
>> I can just hear it. But I actually speak a version of Englhish
>>that has Long and short vowesls as phonemss. Hearing is very complex.
>>
>> Its true; English is my second language.
>
>
> Then why did you claim earlier that English is your native language?

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