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Re: THEORY: Semivowels

From:Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...>
Date:Thursday, September 9, 1999, 5:56
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Eric Christopherson wrote: > > Interesting... what English words do you pronounce with [j_0]? I've never > > heard of it. > > Words like "human", "huge", etc., which have /h/ followed by /ju/, thus > "human" = [j_0um@n] (note: I wasn't thinking of those words in my last > response). > > In my many attempts at Future English, I've always projected that > evolving to /C/, so /j_0um@n/ --> /Cum@n/, which later becomes /S/, thus > /Sum@n/ (which subsequently becomes /Sumn=/, then /Sum/ or /Sun/ by > dialect) >
When I was learning English in High School, my teacher pronounced such words with /C/ (human /Cum@n/), and I think it has influenced my way of speaking English. But as neither her nor me are native speakers... -- Christophe Grandsire Philips Research Laboratories -- Building WB 145 Prof. Holstlaan 4 5656 AA Eindhoven The Netherlands Phone: +31-40-27-45006 E-mail: grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com