Re: 9-phoneme IAL (was Re: Chinese-based IAL?)
| From: | Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 27, 2001, 13:59 |
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:13:40 +0000, Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
wrote:
> A more 'modern' Jeff, Jeffrey also exists.
That's true, although I haven't been thrilled with existence lately, modern
or not.
>I suppose it's not dissimilar to the retention of the spelling _gaol_ for
>/'dZeIl/, which the Americans always write as _jail_ and, indeed, is
>increasingly more commonly used here also.
I always want to pronounce {gaol} like modern British {goal}.
Jeff
>Ray.