Re: CHAT: On the term 'engelang'
| From: | Stephen DeGrace <stevedegrace@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 15, 2002, 0:21 |
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--- In conlang@y..., Carlos Thompson <chlewey@C...>
wrote:
> And Rosta wrote:
>
> > The pronunciation of "engelang" is obvious once
you know the
> > etymology -- as is often the case with English
spelling. And <enge>
> > is the natural spelling, given the pronunciation;
cf. henge, sprenge,
> > revenge.
>
> But this is kind of a "ghoty" thing, as those
examples of "enge" for
> /EndZ/ are all word final. I would have pronounce
engelang as /EN@l{N/.
> Probably enge-lang would work better.
>
> But, of course, I am not a native English speaker.
>
> -- Carlos Th
Well, I am a native English speaker, and my feeling on
this is about the same as yours... when I think about
it I know it's supposed to be /EndZl&N/ or something
like that, but that mid-word -ge- does _not_ sit right
with me and I keep wanting to pronounce it in my mind
the same way as you...
Stephen
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