Re: Hyperforeignisms and multiple internalized phonologies (was Re: Pe: Linguistic Terminology)
| From: | Douglas Koller <laokou@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 5, 1999, 9:43 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> What this writer
> meant was such forms as the English pronunciation of "lengerie" as
> /lA~Z@rei/, which is one of many example where many English
> speakers simply apply what they think is the right French form and
> totally miss the mark (the French form is, I believe, /lE~ZE'Ri/) --
> they think that any nasal vowel will be /A~/ or something like it.
What a difference a /Z/ makes.
My fave is "chaise longue" where the "u" migrates forward to become
"chaise lounge" /SEz/ or /Sez laUndZ/. If people want to sound *really*
continental, that can become /SEz laUnZ/ or /lonZ/. Ew.
Kou