Re: Liking German
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 28, 2001, 7:53 |
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Oh, indeed. Southern California English speakers unite around the vowel
in "good"*, which is not [U] but [U_)] (if that is the symbol for unrounded).
[U_)] is to [U] as [I] is to [Y]. And I don't think it plays any
significant role in any language on Earth--there certainly is not IPA symbol
for it, which I find apalling! But that's okay; it's all
gooooooooooooooooooood. ;)
-David
*Quote does not necessarily apply to all the Southern California English
speakers on this list.
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