Bob Nold wrote:
Abies is a three syllable word just like rabies and scabies are.
All three words are exact rhymes in Latin (short I, long e), and exact rhymes
in English, too.
Your first statement is true for Latin; those three words ARE three syllable
words. But since you seem to have meant it facetiously, then I have to ask:
in what sort of Latin is ie a diphthong? Oh, I know, the same sort of Latin
which makes oi a diphthong.
Jim McKenney
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