Re: CHAT: Rare Phonetics

BPJonsson wrote:
Danny Wier wrote:
>>| I wonder can any of you produce the [oe-] which occurs in my accent of
>>| Swedish?  It's quite a common sound here since it is our realization of
>>| schwa.  It also occurs stressed, e.g. in [moe-s:A] "moss".
>>
>>It sounds like a Brooklyn pronunciation of "moss".  (By [e-] you mean the
>>mid-high central unround vowel, a more closed version of [@]?)
>
>No I mean the central(ized) equivalent of small oe-ligature: half open
>rounded central vowel.
>Sorry to give the impression there was a diphthong...
That's what I assumed, though it didn't help much.  Front rounded vowels are
Terra Infirma (?) for me.  But maybe:  a rounded version of [3] as in
non-rhotic "bird, her", but possibly raised/backed one entire cell in the
IPA triangle (which would move it a little toward barred-i; there are no
basic symbols in that area IIRC).  Or maybe a French [@] as in 'le, de'
(which is slightly rounded)??  Obviously one would have to hear it.  How is
it spelled (not that that will help, either, as my Swedish is ZERO, save for
SAAB, Volvo and Bergmann movies).

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