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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 [[L. Sprague de Camp|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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− | 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 sound [i], and drove 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 [[L. Sprague de Camp|de Camp]], when the vowel shift made e represent the sound [i], and drove i up to where there was nothing to do but become a diphthong. |
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Revision as of 16:49, 28 March 2023
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. |
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
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 sound [i], and drove i up to where there was nothing to do but become a diphthong. |
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