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A letter whose so-called "long" sound is actually a close diphthong, as the Greeks and Romans recognized in spelling it ai and ae respectively. The mistake occurred in English, according to [[de Camp]], when the vowel shift made E represent the Latin I-sound, and drove the I up to where there was nothing to do but become a diphthong. | A letter whose so-called "long" sound is actually a close diphthong, as the Greeks and Romans recognized in spelling it ai and ae respectively. The mistake occurred in English, according to [[de Camp]], when the vowel shift made E represent the Latin I-sound, and drove the I up to where there was nothing to do but become a diphthong. | ||
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Revision as of 14:51, 25 December 2019
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| A letter whose so-called "long" sound is actually a close diphthong, as the Greeks and Romans recognized in spelling it ai and ae respectively. The mistake occurred in English, according to de Camp, when the vowel shift made E represent the Latin I-sound, and drove the I up to where there was nothing to do but become a diphthong. |
