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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 the I up to where there was nothing to do but become a diphthong. |
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