SOUNDS OF THE SEVEN SHORT DIPHTHONGS.

_Ai_, accented, is equivalent to the sound of _awi_ in the English word

_sawing_, being nothing more than the combined sounds _â_ and _ĭ_; _ai_,

not accented, has the sound of _ai_ in the French _taille_, cut, and

is hard to be learned by an English-speaking student; _ea_, accented,

is sounded like _ea_ in _swear_, unaccented, like the same letters in

_heart_; _ei_, accented, like _ei_ in _deign_, unaccented, like _e_ in

_den_; _io_, accented, like _ee_ in _green_, unaccented, like _i_ in

_grin_; _iu_, accented, like _iew_ in _review_, unaccented, like _oo_ in

_blood_; _oi_, accented, like _oi_ in _boil_, unaccented, like _u_ in

_shut_; _ui_, like _ui_ in _fruit_, unaccented, like _ui_ in _quiet_.

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