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Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, November 29, 2004, 4:35
Hi!

Rene Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> writes:
>... > > A bit puzzled, > > Henrik > > Sorry for the confusion :)
No problem -- I'm just very interested whenever I see pronunciation in [] brackets, and it starts categorisation machines in my brain. :-)
> .. > [kl9yv@R\t] or [kl9yv@Rt]. > ... > ... [X].
Ah, ok. :-) Geef me een goede gids over gevels en grachten.
> As for the first half of |ui|: the way I pronounce it, it definitely > starts more open than [@]. Some vowel diagrams I have seen indicate > that the beginning of |ui| should be even more open than [9] (somewhere > between [&] and [6] (but rounded)).
Aha! So its a bit fronted? That's interesting. Concerning the openness, when I try to be overly correct, I sometimes use [3\Y], so the tendency to a more open vowel I can feel, too. I have no idea if that is ok, though...
> Also, IMO pronouncing it as [8Y] brings it dangerously close to (and > could probably be mistaken for) [2] (which is also pronounced a bit as > a diphtong [2Y]).
Right, that makes sense.
> And [v] or [v_0]? I've repeated the word several times now, and I think > you're right there. I've always considered my pronunciation to be [v], > but you leave me wondering how I normally pronounce my v's, and if it > is dependent on position. Hmm :)
Have you tried to compare something like fier vs. vier vs. wier ? Is it [f] vs. [v_0] vs. [v] or [f] vs. [v] vs. [w]? Or something else? **Henrik PS:
> (WAY past my bedtime..)
Same here. :-) PPS: Een gravengraf is een graf waar een graaf in ligt begraven. Als in Graven graven gravengraven graven, graven graven gravengraven. :-)

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