Re: Grammatical Summary of Kemata

On Thursday 13 December 2001 13:58, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Rune Haugseng wrote:
> >On Tuesday 11 December 2001 23:24, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey!, I remember you - you'r the Norwegian with the funny name!
> >
> >Funny name? I found that almost insulting :-)
>
> We-ell, all names are found funny by someone. "Rune Haugseng" sounds almost
> uber-Nordic to me.
Hehe, that's definitely the first time anyone's said (or written) that
to me. I certainly don't look "uber-Nordic" - I've got neither blond
hair nor very blue eyes :-)

>
> > > Speaking of which, is it approximately [r8:nE h{8gsEN] (X-SAMPA
> > > annotation), or is my Norwegian as bad as my Danish?
> >
> >This is the first time I use these symbols, but I make it more like
> >[r}n@ h&}gsEN] (though maybe it should be 8 instead of } - I'm not
> >really sure).
>
> Well, it wasn't too bad then. By [&], do you mean the "ae" sound (which's
> officially [{] in X-SAMPA), or is it really the front low rounded vowel?
No - it's actually neither. I guess this really shows my unfamiliarity
with phonetics. After some more consideration I think the sound is
actually more or less a schwa (though it might be a little bit higher)
- I guess that makes it [r}n@ h@}gsEN] or [r8n@ h@8gsEN].

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Rune Haugseng

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