Phonetics/English teacher needed

[Guest guest]

I passed Kieran a pair of socks yesterday. " That says Cool Dud " he

said. I gave him the correct pronunciation of " Cool Dude " . " Oh yes,

" he said " its a split diagraph " ????$£?!

I can't find this anywhere in my dictionary. What is it called when

the vowel is separated from the e by another letter but the e still

makes the vowel sound change. I think Kieran might have misheard the

term because he finds it difficult to follow verbal teaching but I

realised I don't know what its called either !!

Lesley

ANT, tr BFC, Mother, Wife, Friend, Mender of Broken Hearts,

Keeper of Secrets, Chauffeur, Cook, Maid, Writer. Overweight, Over

thirty, Over here in Worthing..

" Believing Oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional

mind! " Star Trek.

[Guest guest]

Digraph -n. a group of two letter representing one sound, as in 'ph' and 'ey'

from 'Complete Wordfinder'

Caroline

Jersey

> I passed Kieran a pair of socks yesterday. " That says Cool Dud " he

> said. I gave him the correct pronunciation of " Cool Dude " . " Oh yes,

> " he said " its a split diagraph " ????$£?!

> I can't find this anywhere in my dictionary.

>

> Lesley

Jersey, British Isles

[Guest guest]

Digraph -n. a group of two letter representing one sound, as in 'ph' and 'ey'

from 'Complete Wordfinder'

Caroline

Jersey

> I passed Kieran a pair of socks yesterday. " That says Cool Dud " he

> said. I gave him the correct pronunciation of " Cool Dude " . " Oh yes,

> " he said " its a split diagraph " ????$£?!

> I can't find this anywhere in my dictionary.

>

> Lesley

Jersey, British Isles