Re: Is "oo" a diphthong?

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:16:41 GMT

[top-posting corrected]

josephus wrote:

> 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?

> 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?

No idea; I don't know what that "explanation" means. 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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