Re: Latin-1 English Pronunciation Key
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 10, 2000, 20:34 |
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Fakaltinátas nús Dani-Wil:
> > /ä/ as {a} and {u} in _abut_
> > /ï/ as {e} in _kitten_
> > /ër/ as ur/er in _further_
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> Thank you for dividing the different "schwas"
Interesting. For me, the <e> in _kitten_ is the same vowel as in _big_,
which seems to be close to i-bar. They can be quite hard to distinguish
in unstressed position.
> (You can also find local forms of English with the
> front rounded vowels
I've heard of those, but aren't they allophones of the back rounded
vowels?
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