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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I pause to listen, I wouldn't say I like the middle long drag in American English words. It is the start low, go up, and then bring it down accent. Not sure how to explain it. Looooove, loooong, buuuuy, saaaay, goooo, traaavel, siiiing. As much as I think, I can't find sentences or words that do not follow this pattern. In French, I wouldn't say I like the constant rushing and cutting-off sounds. Is it French if it is not rapid and garbled? In a way, French and English are the same language as I am. I understand that they are not, but the similarities are so vast that knowing one, you can read the other and know what is being said.[/quote] It’s the diphthong. I agree that it sounds bad (baa-ayd). French has no diphthongs. [/quote] It’s not diphthongs. It’s that English is stress timed, not syllable timed, like French or Spanish. There are absolutely diphthongs in French. [/quote]
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