Re: Love Those Double Vowels (was: Diving In...)
| From: | Elliott Lash <al260@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 3, 2001, 22:30 |
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In a message dated Sat, 3 Nov 2001 3:35:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Almaran
Dungeonmaster <dungeonmaster@...> writes:
> > > Really, never knew that. Is {fiii} pronounced like
> > > the French {fille} then, I guess?
> >
> > Um, I'm not sure how the French pronounce anything, but Rom {fiii} is
> > ['fiji]. LIkewise {copiii} is [ko'piji]
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> The French pronounce "fille" as [fij@] (is this the correct phonetic
> transcription, guys. I am quite new to phonetic spelling).
Although that is one correct pronunciation, I've heard [fij] quite often, and I say
[fij] more than I say [fij@] but, then again, I'm not a native speaker...so
Christophe is going to have to say something. :)
Elliott