Note 14 — INTRODUCTION

Footnote 14: (return) Note that in these combinations the weak vowel receives the accent mark. Some Spanish-American poets have sinned grievously, by reason of their local pronunciation, in diphthongizing a strong vowel with a following stressed weak vowel, as maiz, a|taud, oi|do, for ma|íz, a|ta|úd, o|í|do, respectively, etc.