"Gherkin" — I like saying it. It's vaguely Indian sounding. "Kerfuffle." That's just fun, with so many F's packed into three syllables. "Diphthong" is sly because it's hiding a silent H, the H ...

Explore diphthong "oi" with Anna Scretching-Cole. Explore diphthong "oi" with Anna Scretching-Cole. A dipthong combines two vowels into a single syllable. Practice reading, blending, and writing ...

A diphthong, for those uninformed, is not a sexy undergarment for dips. Rather, it is a sound blend made when one vowel sort of combines with another. Not a Premium subscriber?

They all have a diphthong followed by an r or l. At least in their one-syllable versions. A diphthong is a glide from one vowel to another that takes place within one syllable.

I promised myself that I wouldn’t mention Sisqo’s 1999 hit “Thong Song” in this article, but I’ve already done it. Avid Grammar Guy reader and fellow word nerd Dan sent ...

Today, McCagg has answered his question. The best word ever -- according to deep lexicographical research, science, taste, and common sense -- is this: diphthong.

A diphthong is a sound formed by the combination of two vowels, like the “oi” in moist. Finally, there’s the old-fashioned social transmission factor.

This article revisits Labov's (1962, 1972a) germinal sociolinguistic work on Martha's Vineyard speech, providing a synchronic analysis of the /ay/ diphthong in words like right and time, and, in turn, ...