DICTION NOTE.
TOPIC: VOWELS /. And / /
The phonemes or sound / / is a diphthong or two-quality sounds. The times spent in uttering a
diphthong makes it a long sound In saying a two-quality sound, we glide from the first to the
second sound, and we say the first sound so clearly that the sound next to it is faintly heard.
/ / is generally spelt with the following letters :
1;O :in go, so, no.
2;OU :in Mould, soul, dough.
3;OE :in doe, foe, hoe.
4;OA :in boat, coat, goat.
5;OW: in show, know, low.
It is also spelt with