Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

On 27/05/08 00:14:57, li_sasxsek@NUTTER.NET wrote:
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> > [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
>
> > Agreed.  IM(E)L, <vacuum> is bisyllabic /'v&k.jum/ even though
> > <continuum> is tetrasyllabic /k@n'tIn.ju.@m/, and Latinate plurals
> in
> > -ii are pronounced with -/i.aj/.
>
> IML "-ii" could be /a:I/ or /i.aI/ depending on the word.
Have you got an example of the former?

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Tristan.

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