Re: YAPT: Dutch ij and ui

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:55:30 +0200, vehke <vaksje@...> wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:38:39PM +0200, Carsten Becker wrote:
>> Who is right concerning the pronounciation? I'm sure it depends on the
>> region, like so often. But what's the official Modern Dutch
>> pronounciation then?
>
>Modern Dutch, what's that? ;) Actually, most folks, when speaking Modern
>(Standard) Dutch, _do_ inhibit slight regional influences:
>
><ij>, well I'd say it's between [&i)] and [Ei)].
><ui> is either [2y)] or [9y)].
><sch> is either [sx] or [sG] depending on dialect. [X] strikes me as
>rather strange.
>
>([9y)] and [sx] for me.)
>
>That's the variation I've heard in Modern _Standard_ Dutch. As for
>miscellaneous areal variation, it can get very, very nasty.
Oops, yes, I meant Standard Dutch. [G] and [X] are like allophones for my
ears as it seems, so sorry for mixing them up.