Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

Tristan wrote:
>
>Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
>>Tristan wrote:
>>
>>>You could be right. I use [8:] to denote the vowel in 'bird'. The first
>>>element of the vowel is almost a rounded backish [@] and so neither
>>>really closer to [8] nor [3\], so I use [8] for simplicity. I think. I
>>>might actually be horribly wrong. Can argue simplicity anyway, because I
>>>wasn't being especially narrow in my transcription? (I used [u] to
>>>indicate a vowel closer to [}], after all.)
>>
>>
>>I thought [8] was mid-central rounded, ie the rounded partner to schwa?
>>Denoted in IPA as an "o" with a horizontal bar in (looks like a small
>>caps
>>Theta, more or less).
>
>No, it's the central version of [2] or [o] or the rounded version of
>[@\]. Close-mid central rounded.
What's then the X-SAMPA for mid-central rounded?

                                             Andreas

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