![]() ![]() ![]() The names of A, I and O are pronounced as diphthongs ( IPA: /eɪ, aɪ, əʊ, /) that of U as a quasi-diphthong ( IPA: /juː/ - /j/ is described variously as a semi-vowel, and by phoneticians as a 'palatal approximant'. To illustrate the complexities and ambiguities, we may examine the names normally given to the vowel letters in English. Not only is the distinction not regarded as useful in the modern study of Linguistics as applied to English, but where it is still to be heard, in the classroom teaching of the English language to young native-speakers, where it has real uses, it is interpreted in some very different ways. To start a discussion of 'long' and 'short' vowels is to enter very muddy waters. For a note on how AWE organizes its group of articles on vowels, basically by aspects of sound and of writing, see category:vowels.
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