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From: smryan@netcom.com (S M Ryan)
Subject: Re: Old English familiar
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 04:45:11 GMT
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: : 	thu: 'thou'	nominative
: : 	thi:n 'thine'	genitive
: : 	the: 'thee'	everything else
: : 			(and sometimes thec)

: : (th represent thorn, : long vowels, they rhyme with Sue, seen, say)

: Is there a glide on the end of e: (the:)?

They're described as long vowels rather than dipthongs, but I was
more interested in ease than details.
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