"Gherkin" — I like saying it. It's vaguely Indian sounding. "Kerfuffle." That's just fun, with so many F's packed into three syllables. "Diphthong" is sly because it's hiding a silent H, the H right ...

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Explore diphthong "oi" with Anna Scretching-Cole. Explore diphthong "oi" with Anna Scretching-Cole. A dipthong combines two vowels into a single syllable. Practice reading, blending, and writing words ...

This is the first of eight diphthong programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.