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Re: CHAT: Is there a conlang inspired in Old English?

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 21:56
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From: "bnathyuw" <bnathyuw@...>
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Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Is there a conlang inspired in Old English?


> --- Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:52:38 +0100 > > > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?bnathyuw?= > > <bnathyuw@...> > > > > > > --- Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote: > > > > > > [Icelandic and English don't have front rounded > > vowels.] > > > > > > as for english, true, except in dialects. > > birmingham > > > is [b8mIN@m] in birmingham, and scottish english > > /u/ > > > often tends towards [y], ( eg [byk] for book ) > > > presumably in line with lowland scots |ui| ( buik > > ) > > > > SAMPA [8] is central rounded --- not front. And > > besides, that's how > > I've always thought the city's name was pronounced. > > (Danish schools > > aim for an RP-like accent when teaching English). > > > > What is it in real RP? > > > > oops . . . clearly my sampa's already rusty. > > i would transcribe the usual vowel as /3/, but i could > be being led astray be ipa. basically the long schwa > > the birmingham pronunciation _is_ stereotypically > front rounded > > bn > > ===== > bnathyuw | landan | arR > stamp the sunshine out | angelfish > your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre > >
And nasal... /b2_nmIN@m/ as opposed to RP /b3:mINgh@m/

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