Re: REQUEST: How to Pronounce Your Conlang's Name

Roger Mills skrev:
> Keith Gaughan wrote:
>
>>Brasaelig
>>[bra'ze:lic], or as I end up pronouncing it, [b4&'ze:lIc].
>>If you're saying it, say it kinda like you're the Swedish Chef.
>>
>
> Haha!! Actually, if one wants to give a conlang a REALLY non-SAE feeling,
> have the stressed syllable _drop_ in intonation. I think that's the secret
> of good parody-Scandanavian.  And I believe some Italian speakers do it too.
Of course Swedish and Norwegian have both high- and low-toned
stressed syllables.  There is a distiction between two tonal
accents, remember.  FYI the unstressed syllable after a low-
stressed syllable must have a higher pitch (although not as
high as a high-toneme stressed syllable).  Thus the low-toneme
stress cannot fall on the last syllable of a word or on a
monosyllable.

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