3. TRIPHTHONGS AND COMBINATIONS OP THREE OR MORE CONTIGUOUS VOWELS If three vowels belonging to the same word are contiguous, one of them must be accented.

Of Syllables Diphthongs and Triphthongs Rules for Syllabication Observations on Syllabication Errors concerning Syllables Chapter III.

DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS.

A triphthong is three vowels joined in one syllable; as, eau in beau, iew in view, oeu in manoeuvre.

An improper triphthong is a triphthong in which only one or two of the vowels are sounded; as, eau in beauty, iou in anxious.

An improper triphthong is a triphthong in which only one or two of the vowels are sounded; as, eau in beauty, iou in anxious.

The improper triphthongs are sixteen; awe, aye,eau, eou, ewe, eye,ieu, iew, iou,oeu, owe,uai, uaw, uay, uea, uee.

15. Are proper triphthongs numerous in our language?

How many and what are the improper triphthongs?

"A triphthong is a union of three vowels uttered in like manner: as, uoy in buoy.

"A triphthong consists of three vowels put together in one syllable; as, eau in beauty."Id. (27.)

"But a triphthong is the union of three vowels in one syllable.

Or: "A triphthong is the meeting of three vowels in one syllable.

"Uoy in buoy is a proper triphthong; eau in flambeau is an improper triphthong.

"Uoy in buoy is a proper triphthong; eau in flambeau is an improper triphthong.

"A triphthong is a union of three vowels, uttered by a single impulse of the voice; as, uoy in buoy"Pardon Davis cor.

Ay, an improper diphthong, like ai, has usually the sound of open or long a; as in day, pay, delay: in sayst and says, it has the sound of close or short e. TRIPHTHONGS BEGINNING WITH A. Awe is sounded au, like broad a. Aye, an adverb signifying always, has the sound of open or long a only; being different, both in sound and in spelling, from the adverb ay, yes, with which it is often carelessly confounded.

Key and ley are pronounced kee, lee. TRIPHTHONGS BEGINNING WITH E. Eau, a French triphthong, sounds like open o; as in beau, flambeau, portmanteau, bureau: except in beauty, and its compounds, in which it is pronounced like open u, as if the word were written buty.

So, generally, in the middle of English roots; as in chief, grief, thief; but, in sieve, it has the sound of close or short i. In friend, and its derivatives or compounds, it takes the sound of close e. TRIPHTHONGS BEGINNING WITH I. The triphthongs ieu and iew both sound like open or long u; as in lieu, adieu, view.

So, generally, in the middle of English roots; as in chief, grief, thief; but, in sieve, it has the sound of close or short i. In friend, and its derivatives or compounds, it takes the sound of close e. TRIPHTHONGS BEGINNING WITH I. The triphthongs ieu and iew both sound like open or long u; as in lieu, adieu, view.

TRIPHTHONGS BEGINNING WITH O. OEu is a French triphthong, pronounced in English as oo, and occurring in the word manoeuvre, with its several derivatives.

W, when sounded before vowels, being reckoned a consonant, we have no diphthongs or triphthongs beginning with this letter.

Y, before a vowel heard in the same syllable, is reckoned a consonant; we have, therefore, no diphthongs or triphthongs commencing with this letter.

conson., or after st, or th diphthongs beginning with triphthongs do. Each, pronom.

triphthongs named.