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Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 17:52
Quoting Markus Miekk-oja <fam.miekk-oja@...>:

> >Pronunciations of "Euro" you mean? > > > >Loose transcripts follow - I don't want to start a YAEPT! > > > >Swedish ['EvrU] > > Finland'sswedish has ['euro] - but with the u having a line crossing > through > it (open mid rounded). > The finnish variation you listed is correct as far as I can parse > whatever > SAMPA we're using :-)
I used mildly conlangified X-SAMPA. The u-bar is officially [}] in X-SAMPA; I usually stick to it, but it is majorly ugly. [u-] will probably be understood. Is finlandssvenskt _Euro_ two or three syllables? Some Leftbalticans do use [e}.rU] (where the dot represents a syllable border), but this sounds, well, affected to me. The diphthong [e}] is foreign to my 'lect. Andreas