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Hi everybody, I'd like to know whether the first sound of the "ow" diphthong (in words like "cow", "now", "loud", ecc...) is the same as the first sound of the "y" diphthong (in words like "my", "hi", "right", ecc...), because I hear it to be more toward the "a" sound of "cat", "map", ecc...
I know that the "ow" diphthong ends with a "oo" sound (as in "book"), I'm only asking about the STARTING part of the diphthong, because in dictionaries this first part is the same as the first part of the "y" diphthong, but I think it's a little different. What is it exactly (in American English)? Thank you.
I know that it may vary from dialect to dialect, but I'm asking about the standard one, which is the one that I hear most often.
I know that the "ow" diphthong ends with a "oo" sound (as in "book"), I'm only asking about the STARTING part of the diphthong, because in dictionaries this first part is the same as the first part of the "y" diphthong, but I think it's a little different. What is it exactly (in American English)? Thank you.
I know that it may vary from dialect to dialect, but I'm asking about the standard one, which is the one that I hear most often.