Re: The Pronunciation of {hsara}

Austin Taylor wrote:
> I do know, however, that <h> and <s> are pronounced like /h/ and /s/
> with an unwritten schwa in between, as is the only phonologically
> possible way.
Actually, it is possible to have /hs/ with no schwa.

> 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),
Branner uses /d"/ and Carrasquer uses /r"/.  But, most of use just use
simple /r/, and will elaborate that it indicates an alveolar tap (which
is the description of that sound in Spanish.

If it's the <r> at the beginning of words like "rosa", than it's
/r<trl>/ in Kirshenbaum and /r/ in the other systems.


> 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)?

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