Re: Advanced English to become official!

I was just looking over your page.  A couple questions:

-How would AE differentiate between the [dZ] in a word like
"language" and the "dg" in a made-up word like "midguard"?

-Same goes for something like "missionary" and "vishnu",
the first with a reduced vowel between the [S] and [n], and
the latter without?

-What is the difference between the onset of "gem" and the
onset of "joy"?

-Curious: Why did you use "ae" for schwa, rather than "a",
when you use "a" for carrot [V]?

-According to your chart, you use "a" for [V] and [A]/[Q].
Does this mean "cot" and "cut" would be spelled the same?

-Not familiar with British pronunciation.  Does the "i" in
"technique" rhyme with the "i" in "bit" or the "ee" in "beet"?

-Curious: Why no consonant for the (inter)dental fricatives?
There are lots of minimal pairs: dare/there/their; die/thy; tie/thigh;
tin/thin, etc.

-Also, "s" is *always* voiced before a vowel?  So "sue" and "zoo"
are pronounced the same: [zu]?

-Oh, interesting.  Do you pronounce "v" and "w" the same?

Neat stuff!

-David
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