Re: OBNatlang: German Pronunciation

Elliot schrieb:

>Furthermore my girlfriend pronounces words like:
>
>Tag    as /tag/
>Abend  as  /ab@nd/
>leid   as  /lajd/
>Ihnen  as  /ajn@n/
>
>where as i've always said:
>
>/tak/, /ab@nt/, /lajt/, /i:n@n/
While we non-natives are taught to pronounce those last letters as
voiceless, I believe there was discussion on this list many, *many*
moons ago where some native speakers felt those sounds were somewhere
in between voiced-ness and total voicelessness. I just devoice 'em --
hell, I'm not a native, sue me.

As for "Ihnen" pronounced /ajn@n/, I don't care if there *are* native
speakers out there who pronounce it this way, it's just wrong, wrong,
wrong. My non-native fiat -- cope.

Kou