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This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
Yogh was also used to represent /j/ in words such as ȝe, ȝhistirday (yesterday) and ȝoung but by the Modern Scots period y had replaced yogh. [6] The pronunciation of MacKenzie (and its variant spellings) (from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich [maxˈkʰɤɲɪç] ), originally pronounced [məˈkɛŋjiː] in Scots, [ 1 ] shows where yogh became z.
Slough has three pronunciations, depending on its meaning: / s l ʌ f / (for the noun meaning a skin shed by an animal, and for the verb derived from it) / s l aʊ / (for the noun meaning a muddy area, and for the verb derived from it.
Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι-or Latin -ae-diphthongs. These include: In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ. When ae makes the diphthong / eɪ / (lay) or / aɪ ...
American English pronunciation of "no highway cowboys" /noʊ ˈhaɪweɪ ˈkaʊbɔɪz/, showing five diphthongs: / oʊ, aɪ, eɪ, aʊ, ɔɪ / A diphthong (/ ˈ d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ, ˈ d ɪ p-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; [1] from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two sounds', from δίς (dís) 'twice' and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound'), also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is ...
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Kept for contrast in a few words, but mostly respelled or (oar) oar (our) four Usually /aʊ.ə/ /ɔː/ THOUGHT: au fraud: aw law, lawyer all call al- and implying totality always cf. algebra augh daughter ough(t) bought /ɜːr/ NURSE: er her: Double the r to change the vowel: herring , stirrup , hurry . ir fir ur fur (or)
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