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Re: CHAT: Guessing games (was: Middle English question)

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 3, 1999, 23:16
Steg Belsky wrote:

> Well, since everyone else is going....although my English name is pretty > much straightforwards. > > ['stivIn 'EliIt 'bEl<v>ski] ; [l<v>] = velarized > > "Steg" is [stEg].
Hey, why not? Mine's stupidly easy: [t_hAm@s rE*ndl= wIr] (that [E] is slightly lower than the phonemic [E]), or [to'ma:so] on Cinco de Mayo (long story). =========================================== Tom Wier <artabanos@...> AIM: Deuterotom ICQ: 4315704 <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "Things just ain't the way they used to was." - a man on the subway ===========================================