Re: The Pronunciation of {hsara}

Nik Taylor wrote:

> > Also,
> > <r> is like <r> in Spanish; how do I represent that in your
> > phonetic notation?
>
> If it's the <r> in words like "pero" rather than "perro", SAMPA has no
> symbol for it, Kirshenbaum uses /*/, and the other systems aren't very
> common but use /;J/ for the CB system (; indicates "turn over", and IPA
> uses something that looks kinda like a reversed J for that sound),
"turned over" and also backwards.

> > The two <a>s are like /a/.  Is that good enough?  Asc (OE spelling)
> > is the coolest letter!
>
> Actually, wasn't Old English spelling =C6sc (using ash for the first
> letter)?
Yes, and also in Modern English.

Speaking of which:  who here pronounces <English> as [iNlIS]?
(I've now heard two professors or mine use that, and have been
trying to figure out what's going on...)

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Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
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