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Oddly enough, another word containing the same diphthong is my very favorite: "foible".— cygnoir.net
And the successive vowels should not be treated as a diphthong, though some small degree of slurring between them is inevitable.— Ask MetaFilter
When one syllable of a word ends with a vowel, and the next syllable begins with the same vowel, the hyphen is placed between the syllables to indicate that the two vowels do not form a diphthong, that is, that they should not be pronounced together Co-operative; co-ordinate; pre-eminently; re-establish re-echo In the same way the hyphen sometimes ensures that two consonants shall be pronounced separately; as in "book-keeping," "shell-less cock-crow," "sword-dance LXVIII.— "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students

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