Re: A dechticaetiative language
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 9, 2004, 22:13 |
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On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:47:39 -0400, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
wrote:
> Rrrm... how do you pronounce "dechticaetiative"? I've been pronouncing
> it something like [dExt1'kejS@41v], but seeing's as how in most
> dialects of English /x/ is not a 'real' phoneme, i'm wondering how
> whoever slapped the term together or first borrowed it from another
> language pronounced it. Or, if i pronounce it my way, would i be
> understood?
Trask has /dektI'si:ti@tIv/. Bearing in mind Trask's dictionary tends
towards the RP-ish, I suspect there is at least one /4/ in the GA version.
I'll leave it to wiser minds to decide what the allowed sloppiness is.
Paul
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