Re: vrindo (was "Re: CHAT Re: Can't stop agulunating, HELP!")

In a message dated 6/20/99 12:24:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20
fortytwo@UFL.EDU writes:

<< Joe Mondello wrote (among other things):
 > kraj                    speak                                          =20
sraj
 > kram                    say                                            =20
sram
 > kramz                   word                                           =20
sraz
 > krajez          sentence                                        srayez
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 Interesting, I found those on the right to be more pleasing, I guess I
 just hate /sr/ clusters.  How is <j> pronounced?  Is it /dZ/, /Z/?  I
 figure it's not /j/, since you also have <y>. >>

J is pronounced /Z/, y is /j/ in dipthongs and /i/ alone, and due to the=20
current orthography change, c is pronounced /tS/ and x is /S/.  I am not at=20
all clear on how to note the vowels though.  'aa' is pronounced as in 'apple=
'=20
or 'hat' in my Long Island Accent (/A/?), 'uu' as in 'gun'(/U/?), 'a' as in=20
'on' (/a/?  /O/?), 'i' as in 'in' (/I/?), 'e' as in 'bet', 'o' as in 'over'=20
(/o/?), 'u' as in 'tube' (/U/?)  I guess that would make my previous=20
fricative-rich sentence:
=F0y'x vzis sas xivjy asyj
/DiS vzIs sOs SivZi OsiZ/ or some such.  correct me if I am wrong, please

pacs precs
Joe Mondello