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Tetraphthongs (was: Triphthongs)

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 16, 2000, 19:15
At 20:38 14.8.2000 +0100, Raymond Brown wrote:
> > bjerg [bjEQw?] ~ [bjEQ?w] > > > >(where: [Q] = low back semivowel) > > > Great :) > >I had a sneaking feeling that the rare tetraphthong might be lurking >somewhere. But the pentaphthong must surely be as fabled as the unicorn. > >Ray.
Kristjan, surely _bjerget_ is pronounced [bjeQweD?] with that famous Danish approximant [D]! /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpX@netg.se mailto:melrochX@mail.com (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Truth, Sir, is a cow which will give [skeptics] no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull." -- Sam. Johnson (no rel. ;)