"How now brown cow" is a phrase used in elocution teaching to demonstrate the diphthong/aʊ/.[1] English orthography also uses the homophonic spelling "ou" to represent this diphthong in words like "noun" and "cloud". The use of the phrase "how now browncow" in teaching elocution can be traced back to at least 1926.[2]
Vowel diagram for English diphthongs including /aʊ/, charting tongue height and position during articulation
The phrase how now itself is an archaic greeting or interrogative expression.[3]
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^Wise, Jessie; Buffington, Sara (2004). The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. Charles City, VA: Peace Hill Press. pp. 203. ISBN978-09-72860-31-4.
^Bagley, Louie: "Elocution do's and dont's", Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926
^"How now | WordReference Forums". 4 February 2014.
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