Re: Vowel question, suggestion?
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 6, 2001, 7:02 |
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In a message dated 8/5/01 8:56:20 PM, alrivera@ALUMNI.SOUTHERN.EDU writes:
<< My question is, can suggest a reasonable phonetic value for <öy> ? I
thought maybe [9I] or [VH] ... But I can't tell! ;p Any help would be
appreciated. What would be most likely in your particular ears? >>
Uh...I'm not sure if I'm understanding your orthography correctly, but
what about /OY/? Keep your lips rounded with /O/ and come down to the /Y/.
Sounds like the beginning of the word "Oreo" if your mouth is full of oreos.
-David