From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>
> >Well, I answered the point about Old English. In that case, /dZ/ is not
really
> >orphan. As for the vowel inventory, on the other hand, I heartily agree with
> >you. But it's not for nothing that the English vowel inventory is considered
> >exceptional ;))) .
> >
> So what other examples of English's vowels' oddities are there? I
> realise it's hard/impossible to generalise, but this is probably because
> of the oddities. Speak of dialects you know! :)
My favorite English vowel oddity is that (at least in Genam) only two or three
vowels are able to cleanly end syllables or words: /A @ @`/. The rest all take
offglides or ambisyllabicity.
That has to be breaking a rule of some kind... >_<
*Muke!
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