Re: Further blitherings

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/.

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