[Allegra]

Meanwhile, Tom said, “Dipthong sounds like an elementary school insult!” and he walked into the next room and told Kathleen, “Get your feet off the sofa, you dipthong!” She replied, “Shut up, Tom! You’re a dipthong!”

Omigosh, I love this too much. Hilarious!

Not often, but once in a while, my voice coach would wince and say “diphthong!” when a little Texas accent crept into something I was singing.

And I don’t even have a strong accent.

[Tax-chick]

Kathleen loves it.

[ArGee]

IIRC, a weak Texas accent is when “well” is only 2 syllables instead of 3.