Re: USAGE: [a] vs [A]

En réponse à Henrik Theiling :


>You seem to be very sure.  I had the strong impression that French [a]
>is like Standard German [a] (I listened to a lot of French (not as
>much as you, I suppose. :-))).  And that German and French [a] is
>quite halfway between [a] and [A] in Dutch or coastal German dialects.
>
>                  [a]      [A]
>Dutch:           vragen ~ lachen
>Coastal German:  lachen ~ fragen
>Standard G.:         lachen
>                      fragen
>
>(The Dutch [a] almost sounds like [&] to me, because of this.  Of
>course, it's my biased German ear.)
Well, thanks to my knowledge of Dutch, it's settled, because my [a], and
the [a] of all French people I know, is identical to the Dutch [a]. And the
Dutch people I know agree with me. The French [a] is definitely fronted.

Christophe Grandsire.

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