Re: Wofir aka The Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis

On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 06:57:23AM +0100, Raymond Brown wrote:
> [snip]
> > e.g. drop the {h} in spelling?  Wouldn't a portmanteauization
> [snip]                                               ^^^^
>
> Hey!! a tetraphthong! :-P
Don't we wish.  French seems to be chock full of multiple vowels that
sound, to my ear, like single-thongs or diphthongs at best, like l'eau.
<rueful look>

YHL