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

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Friday, April 6, 2001, 18:44
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Ferenc Valocz wrote: > > > Using {sj} for /S/ would make it look a bit similar to Swedish (my > >native > > > lang), tho' the Swedish realization is usually [x\] rather than [S]. > > > > > > >Ya my cousin tried to teach me that tonguetwister with the sjo sjuk > >sjomenn but I can't remember it...and I always wondered, is {Vaxjo} > >pronounced like it was written {*vaksjo}? > > "Sju sjösjuka sjömän ...", can't recall the rest.
So then we've established that the seamen are indeed ill, seasick at that, but we don't know what happened with them...
> > 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/...? -------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

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