Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)

Hi!

John Cowan <jcowan@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling scripsit:
>
> > ['OIRo:\] is the standard, but ['OYRo:\] may exists, too, I don't know.
>
> Really?  I am no native speaker, but my mother was, and taught German to
> boot, and my pronunciation is pretty sharp.  I definitely maintain rounding
> throughout the pronunciation of "eu": only the tongue moves, not the lips.
Ok, well, maybe [OI] is not the standard, I don't know.  I tried to
watch myself, but I'm not sure whether the rounding remains.  I more
or less have the feeling that it even is [Oe] for me.  However, I find
it hard to watch myself, because my lips are not very rounded even for
the [O].  I cannot tell definitely, sorry.

**Henrik