She's getting the Oklahoma monophthong -- mah, she says, for my, and raht, for right. From Wordnik.com. [So] Reference
A monophthong, on the other hand, is a vowel sound that has the same sound throughout, like the/æ/sound in American English hat. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry in Pittsburghese « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Putting the emphasis on the final syllable of Sotomayor is unnatural in English (which is why the president stopped doing it after the first time at his press conference), unlike my correspondent's simple preference for a monophthong over a diphthong, and insisting on an unnatural pronunciation is something we shouldn't be giving in to. From Wordnik.com. [Terrance Heath: Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard, Pt. 2] Reference
Monophthongization is the process of converting a diphthong to a monophthong (I’ll explain those terms in a minute.). From Wordnik.com. [Poetry in Pittsburghese « Motivated Grammar] Reference
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