Re: A perfect day for introducing myself

On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:32:46 -0500, Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
wrote:

>Let's see, that would be /jEv...gEn..jE.vIC/ at first, with a lot of
>squinting while trying to sort it out; then once all the sounds are in
>place, /jEv'gEn.jE.vIC/
Exactly! I think this is the closest phonologically possible match.
Unless you try to render the palatalized [g'] in -gen- as [gj], which
IMO is unnecessary.

Note, however, that atonic [E] is very narrow and short, so I suspect
an English speaker may hear short [I] here. The stressed [E] between two
palatalized sounds is also narrow, but rather long, so you'd probably
perceive it as the vowel in *gain*. But I'm not sure.