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Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Sunday, April 8, 2001, 4:25
On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> > > > > > Växjö (note the umlauts) is pronounced /vEkS2/. > > > >Bloody Pine I can't write any diacritics, I can't even write my own name > >properly (there should be acutes on the a and the o)...so even if one sez > >/xwuk/ for {sjuk} he sayz /vEks2/...? > > [xwuk] for "sjuk"? That's not standard Swedish at any rate. I say something > like [x\}:k] (ugly SAMPA!). Note that the PHONEME /S/ is REALIZED as [x\] by > most speakers, tho' you can even hear [S], [s`] and even [C] in various > dialects. Personally I have an [x\] that's very close to [x]. Växjö is > something like [vEk"x\2:] in my variety. >
Sorry about my inaccurate writing there, I should probably look at the SAMPA list again...I was sitting there for a good 20 minutes trying to figure out how to write it, then decided to write xw though thats not nearly the sound... -------ferko Ferenc Gy. Valoczy Suurt chugunikka peene ahjo suhe et toukka. Virtual Votia - Vaddjamaa Internetaza: http://www.geocities.com/uralica railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ 25kV 50Hz: http://www.mp3.com/25kV50Hz