Re: Rs
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 7:00 |
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> >
> Thanks all for your replies... my accent, although of course to me it
> doesn't sound like I have one, is a nottinghamshire (central england)
> one, but not of the "'ey up me duck" type lol. Incidentally, does a
> long
> vowel and a short vowel followed by r sound significantly different?
> Are
> there any languages which contrast ir and i:r for instance?
I can't think of any example of that particular one at the movement, but Swedish
have some minimal pairs like _tår_ [to:r`] "tear" vs _torr_ [tOr`:] "dry", _sur_
[s}:r`] "sour" vs _surr_ [s8r`:] "buzz". Phonemically I'd want to write this
/to:r/, /tor/, /s}:r/, /s}r/, but people are going to disagree about what is
phonemic as regards to long vowel plus short consonant vs vice versa.
Andreas
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