Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>French does have hiatus, even if it's a little less than it used to be (but
>examples like "haïr" /ha'iR/: to hate are well established and in my
opinion not
>keen to change the hiatus into a diphtongue because of the pressure of the
>grammatical system).>
Presumably in the case of haïr, the dieresis is used to prevent misreading
as "hair" /(h)ER/-- is there such a word? Or ?"hère". Is it hiatus or
diphthong in cases like _nouille_ or the final syllable of _fauteuil_ (one
of my favorite Fr. words, which I can barely pronounce) ?? Contrast _nuit:
nouille_ or _huit : oui_.....?