SPUG:Object property question
Michael R. Wolf
MichaelRunningWolf at att.net
Tue May 6 20:30:17 CDT 2003
"Carroll, Frank H." <Frank.Carroll at wamu.net> writes:
> Andrew, you had me at dipthong.
Is dipthong [sic] self-descriptive? :-)
Is self-descriptive self-descriptive?
And now for something completely unrelated. A little word play to
finish off this thread....
Trivia: Enjoin is its own antonym. Other self-antonyms include fast
("moving quickly; fixed firmly in place") and cleave ("to split; to
adhere").
-- Doctor Dictionary <doctor at dictionary.com>
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diph·thong ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dfthông, -thng, dp-) n.
A complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and
gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as
(oi) in boil or () in fine.
--
Michael R. Wolf
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