Ay
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day /deɪ/ |
The sequence "ay" very reliably represents the diphthong /eɪ/.
/eɪ/[edit | edit source]
- always, away, day, delay, essay, display, grayAmE, lay, Malaysia, may, maybe, Norway, okay, pay, pray, play, Raymond, say, stay, today, tray, way
/eɪ/, /iː/ or /ɪ/[edit | edit source]
Days of the week. See IPA phoneme /eɪ/ § Unstressed /eɪ/, /iː/ or /ɪ/
Spelling anomalies[edit | edit source]
- As /aɪ/: kayak /ˈkaɪæk/ - Paraguay /ˈpærəɡwaɪ/ - Uruguay /ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ/
- layer: /ˈleɪər, leərBrE/
- mayor: /meər,BrE ˈmeɪərAmE/
- prayer: /preər/
- quay: /kiː/
- says: /sez/