"Diphthong" is sly because it's hiding a silent H, the H right after the P; it's there, but you wouldn't know it. And "hornswoggle?" Just hearing it, I'm on the deck of a frigate, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The best word ever -- according to deep lexicographical research, science, taste, and common sense -- is this: diphthong. Ted McCagg McCagg got the idea for the project, he told me, while he was ...

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.

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.

According to Craig, Colbert had previously pronounced the surname as most Americans would: “Cregg.” Craig proceeded to explain that his surname contains a diphthong, which Merriam-Webster ...