Re: E and e (was: A break in the evils of English (or, Sturnan is beautiful))

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
>En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
>
> >
> > If [mirrored e] is retracted [e], what's [mirrored epsilion]? Retracted
> > [E]
> > would suggest itself, but I assume that's not so?
> >
>
>Well, in this case you'd be wrong :)) . [3] (in X-SAMPA), or mirrored
>epsilon,
>is indeed the retracted form of [E], as mirrored e is the retracted form of
>[e]. For once the IPA is consequent :)) .
>
Nice to hear.

So, for many English speakers, "get" is pretty much [g3t] - certain elements
of the 'net community ought to realize they're about as rebellious as uni
linguists!

                                                  Andreas


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