Re: CHAT: Is there a conlang inspired in Old English?
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 8, 2002, 21:15 |
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> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:52:38 +0100
> From: =?iso-8859-1?q?bnathyuw?= <bnathyuw@...>
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> --- Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote: >
> [Icelandic and English don't have front rounded vowels.]
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> 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?
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)
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