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the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and significant, usually when ⟨a⟩ is followed by one, or once in a while two, consonants and after that another vowel letter—this success from Center English lengthening followed by The nice Vowel ChangeWhen The traditional Greeks adopted the alphabet, they'd no use for any letter symbolizing a glottal halt—so