Anglo Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book

By: Smith, Charles Alphonso

Book Excerpt: ounded): [1] #bry: d#, bride.The diphthongs, long and short, have the stress upon the first vowel. The second vowel is obscured, and represents approximately the sound of er in sooner, faster (= soon-uh, fast-uh). The long diphthongs ( is not a diphthong proper) are ?o, ?e, and ?a. The sound of ?o is approximately reproduced in mayor (= m?-uh); that of ?e in the dissyllabic pronunciation of fear (= f?-uh). But ?a = -uh. This diphthong is hardly to be distinguished from ea in pear, bear, etc., as pronounced in the southern section of the United States (= b -uh, p -uh).7. The short sounds are nothing more than the long vowels and diphthongs shortened; but the student must at once rid himself of the idea that Modern English red, for example, is the short

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798708572028
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"