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

From:Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Date:Monday, February 26, 2001, 12:52
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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Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>