Re: IltXrer phonology
| From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 27, 2001, 9:20 |
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Hi!
David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> writes:
> In a message dated 4/27/01 1:40:31 AM, theiling@ABSINT.DE writes:
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> << I think she wouldn't be pleased with /nEk3n/ either... >>
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> What is that [3]? I've never ventured into the center of that vowel
> chart much...
>
> -David
That's the `ir' sound in `first' in British (Oxford) pronunciation.
Maybe also like in AE without `r'. Because of the dialects, another
description: it is wee bit more open than a normal Schwa [@], but
quite comparable.
**Henrik