Re: Latin diphthongs

As far as I know, length in latin diphtongs is phonemicly irrelevant,
but I think short pronunciation is the best. In English diphtongs are
often prononced long, even though also here length is phonemicly
irrelevant.


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Michael J Smith <lookwhoscross-
eyednow@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm confused about the pronunciation of some of the Latin

diphthongs.

>
> I'm told in Wheelock's book that the diphthongs eu and ui are

pronounced

> as Latin e + u and u + i respectively. But does this mean long e +

u and

> long u + i or short? Because the book also says that ui is

pronounced

> like English gooey, which would seem to mean long vowels, but no

macrons

> are placed over the vowels in the diphthongs, which is done in

beginning

> Latin.
>
> -Michael
>
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