Re: CONLANG pitch accent (was Re: NATLANG: pitch accent question)
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 4, 2003, 23:41 |
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On Sun, 4 May 2003 03:11:42 +1000 Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>
writes:
> Zeds are over-rated. Zees sound like cees (especially the way
> Americans
> say them... I could understand a British-style dialect
> distinguishing
> Zee and Cee happily, but Americans?[1]) and should join the queue:
> sea
> and see are already there.
>
> [1]: You mightn't realise it, but either you use less /z/s than we
> do,
> our you make your /z/ differently from us, so it has the affect of
> making it look like the distinction between /z/ and /s/ isn't as
> strong
> as it could be.
well, my american /z/ is definitely [z] and my /s/ is definitely [s]...
most british style dialicts that i've heard distinguish /z/ and /s/ less
than most american dialects...
> Next you'll be telling me that /"&n@dZuaizIN/ simply doesn't cut it
> for
> the pronunciation, either.
>
> --
> Tristan <kesuari@...>
>
>
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