Re: OT: Definitely Not YAEPT: English phoneme inventory?

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:59:10 -0700 JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
writes:
> Easily, since the English sound spelt |y| is [j] in the phonetic
> alphabet.
> When I'm reading foreign words from an unknown language, I often
> render
> |j| as [j], too.
> Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
-

I can be incredibly inconsistant with my pronounciation of |J|.  For
instance, in the book _The Shelters of Stone_ by Jean M. Auel, i
pronounce the |J| different in the following names:

Jondalar = ['dZand@lar\]
Joharran = [joha'ran]
Jonayla = [ho'najla]

"Jonayla" is particularly messed up because the name is supposed to be a
combination of the names Jondalar and Ayla; if i were being consistent in
the combination i would be pronouncing it [dZanejl@], then.

But then again, i pronounce "Númenor" [num'jEnr=].


-Stephen (Steg)
 "Motorists leaving Brooklyn will soon encounter signs encouraging them
to stay, Borough President Marty Markowitz said yesterday.  'Leaving
Brooklyn, Fugheddaboudit,' the signs read.  Mr. Markowitz explained,
'Once you enter Brooklyn, there's no good reason why you should ever
leave.'  Officials plan to place the signs at exit points on the Gowanus
Expressway, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Belt Parkway."
 -- the new york times, metro section, 7/22/3