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Around and about dipthongs

“Does English have dipthongs?”

“As in two vowels together making a single sound? Sure. Take the ‘ou’ in ‘around’ or ‘about’, for example. Another dipthong would be ‘ea’, which is pronounced… is pronounced… uhm, like ‘ea’ as in ‘bear’ or like ‘ea’ as in ‘feat’ or like ‘ea’ as in ‘great’.”

The concept is far easier in Norwegian. Trust me on this.

By Keera Ann Fox

I am a bi-lingual American who has lived most of my life in Norway.
Jeg er en tospråklig amerikaner som har bodd mesteparten av mitt liv i Norge.

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