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Re: Further blitherings

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 21:52
Tim May scripsit:

> b) I would prefer /UG/, or possibly /VG/. |gh| really looks like a > voiced fricative to me, and /R/ just makes everything sound > French.
To me, /UG/ sounds like /G:/; the vowel quality is lost. I was alluding to the American notion that Indians say hello with "Ugh!" which was a transcription of /Ux/ at the time it was invented, but now is usually misread /Vg/. -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan http://www.reutershealth.com Charles li reis, nostre emperesdre magnes, Set anz totz pleinz ad ested in Espagnes.

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