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Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, September 16, 2002, 11:52
En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:

> Hey Christophe, you haven't been there for a while, but I see you are > making up > for that now :)
LOL My sister came to visit us for a few days, and I still don't have Internet at home :(( (last news: my computer needs to be repaired :(( . And this time I have to pay - still have to see if my normal insurance will repay for the damage).
> But be reassured: even without your help we managed to get the list > blocked :) >
I saw that on Friday ;))) .
> > No? Just listen carefully, and you'll find out that we really do have > the bad > habit to pronounce /e/ like [ej] (or worse: [Ej]), and /o/ like [ow] (or > again > worse: [Aw]). > But of course don't listen to Jan (not me) or your in-laws. In Brabant > they > probably have their own rules :) >
In The Hague at least I'm sure they don't do that. After all, they even get rid of the glide of |ei| and |ij| (they pronounce those as [E]). In Brabant indeed they don't do it either. I'm not sure whether the diphtongisation you describe is that common... At least, I don't remember hearing on TV, even when "common" people are being interviewed. Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.