![]() In most cases, it shares territory with the "long e" a number of English words with "ae" have dual established pronunciations in good use:Īlumnae (\ə-ˈləm-(ˌ)nē\ play or \ə-ˈləm-ˌnī\ ) ![]() However, that older "long i" sound also survived in some English words, likely aided by the study of classical Latin by English speakers. The "long e" sound is the one we have in a number of Latin-derived English words spelled with "ae":Īntennae (\an-ˈte-nē\ play ) (The zoological plural radios have "antennas.") Eventually, the sound merged with the Latin monophthong "long e," which eventually became the English vowel sound in me. That "long i" sound for "ae" didn't stick around. Latin was spoken for a long time, though, and there's nothing a language likes better than change. First a bit of background: the “ae” in these words comes from a Latin diphthong* that linguists believe was pronounced like the English "long i," the vowel sound in my. ![]()
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