How many days of the week have a diphthong in them?

Answer 1

Here's one definition of "diphthong" from an on-line source. All the definitions

I saw on line say pretty much the same thing. This one just says it with easier

words:

Diphthongs are types of vowels where two vowel sounds are connected in

a continuous, gliding motion. They are often referred to as gliding vowels.

I'll try to give a few examples:

-- The letter 'o' is not a diphthong in the "Romance languages". Speakers of

Spanish, Italian, German, and others typically pronounce it as "aw". But in

English, the beginning of 'o' does not sound like the end of it. When we run

into an 'o', we pronounce it as two vowels and glide quickly from one to the

other, and it comes out as "aw-oo".

-- The letter 'i' is not a diphthong in the "Romance languages". Speakers of

Spanish, Italian, German, and others typically pronounce it as "ih", like in the

English words "bit" and "lick". But in English, the beginning of 'i' often does not

sound like the end of it. When we run into an 'i', we often pronounce it as two

vowels and glide quickly from one to the, other, and it comes out as "ah-ee".

-- The letter 'u' is not a diphthong in the "Romance languages". Speakers of

Spanish, Italian, German, and others typically pronounce it as "oo", like in the

English words "oops" and "toot". But in English, the beginning of 'u' often does

not sound like the end of it. When we run into a 'u', we often pronounce it as

two vowels and glide quickly from one to the, other, and it comes out as "ee-oo".

The letter 'a' in the word 'day' is a diphthong. It starts as 'eh' and ends as 'ee'.

All the days of the week end in "...day", so all of their names contain at least one diphthong.

Answer 2

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