Re: 9-phoneme IAL (was Re: Chinese-based IAL?)

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> Raymond Brown scripsit:
>
> > Slightly puzzled - Why is the /E/ in /dZEf/ rendered as /u/ in _Supu_ while
> > the /E/ in /Edi/ rendered as /i/ in _Iti?
> >
> > Or is 'Geoff' pronounced differently on each side of the Atlantic?
>
> No, it isn't, but perhaps everyone doesn't know that.  Geoff = Jeff = /dZEf/.
<wince>  I spent a good part of my childhood reading "Geoffrey" as
[dZi@fri] and Chevrolet as [SEvrolEt]...

YHL

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