Diphthongs for Jovian & HUMOUR

In a message dated 3/27/02 11.15.14 PM, cinga@GMX.NET writes:

>machina -> maenca /"meNk@/
>femina -> feima /"fejm@/
>granula -> graundla /"grondl@/
>pegasus -> piexu /"pi@S/
>orion -> oeron /"AjrAn/
>fibula -> fybla /"fy:bl@/
>
>Comments, anyone?
    Maybe use /3:`/ (or /@:`/ or even simple /a`/) instead of /@/ at rhe end
of syllables... or aspiration of the consonant before (or the vowel itself?).
(Am I revealing my new found interest in rhotics and laryngeal theory (&
abuse)?  Blame it on a Russian polyglot fiend-friend of mine...)

HUMOUR::

>MISSING: 57 Larynxes
>
>       In a tragic accident today, 57 of UM's sopranos lost their larynxes
>in a freak accident. "It was heart-wrenching," one of the luckier sopranos
>told us in an exclusive interview. "We were rehearsing Mahler's 2nd symphony,
>and were fine until we got to the last part. Then some of the lazier people
>who really ought to be mezzos but sing soprano so they can sing the melody
>had to hit the high B flat... all of the sudden, their larynxes flew out
>of their noses, a few of which hit the conductor and resulted in a mild
>concussion" the soprano sobbed.
>
>          Officials are baffled; why didn't the conductor do anything to
>prevent this accident? According to various eyewitnesses, warning signs
>were apparent days before the mass spontaneous combustion. "The vibrato
>was so wide you could drive a Mac truck through it," said one alto who
>chose to remain unidentified. Her companion described the vibrato as having
>"all the grace and charm of a machine gun being operated by an epileptic
>in a seizure."
>
>       Clean-up operations commence Friday.


Hanuman Zhang  {HANoomaan JAHng} /'hanuma~n  dZahN/
~§~
Sometimes the difference between noise and music is all in your head

"I like the fact that listen is an anagram of silent." ~ Alfred Brendel

_NADA BRAHMA_= < from Sanskrit > "sound is god[head]"/"god[head] is sound"

anavriti shabdat => "Liberation by sound."

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