Re: Pronunciation keys

On 1/31/07, Benct Philip Jonsson <conlang@...> wrote:

>...
>in uterque sensu
Pardon?

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>...
> (12) _U_ for /w/ is preferable to _o_ since we don't want
>       'wolf' _uolf_, 'would'-'wood' _uodd_, 'woman' _uOmman_,
>       'wound' _uOnd_ to become [ulf], [ud], ['uman], [und].
>       We may get [wolf] etc., but that's IMO less grave.
Personally, considering the vowel is actually /U/ or /u:/, I would've
thought that the first group would've been less grave, particularly if
they treat them as starting with a consonant (and hence say /@ und/
and not /@n und/ for 'a wound')... Altho I suppose it depends on how
high the /o/ is and who they're meant to sound native to.

--
Alexander

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