----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: Phonetics (IPA)
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:57:50AM +0200, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > En réponse à Christian Thalmann :
> >
> >
> > >Aren't you the same Christophe Grandsire who claimed that
> > >you've never heard the word "claw" pronounced anything but
> > >/klaw/? ;-)
> >
> > What I said is that I never heard it otherwise than with a diphtongue,
and
> > I still stand to that claim. I *know* what I've heard, and I'm not the
kind
> > to mistake a diphtongue for a simple phone.
>
> For what it's worth, I pronounce "claw" as [klA:]. If you'd like me
> to post a recording so you can change the above statement, let me know. :)
And most Britons that I've met pronounce it [klO:]. I've never heard a
dipthong there.
> -Mark
>