Re: Yogh (was Re: y sound)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: Yogh (was Re: y sound)


> On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 17:44, Joe wrote:
> > Maybe we should standardise list English and readopt the þorn and the
eð.  I
> > like the wynn, but it could just be a p.
>
> Sounds like a plan!
Indeed, it would make þings a lot more interesting, and it would confuse
outsider ðat attempt to enter in. But it's pretty hard to type like this.  I
miss Linux...I think I'm going to have to reinstall it sometime...


> > And, um, stupid question, but what's a hwair?
>
> It's one of two things.
> 1: A letter in the Gothic alphabet (which derives from the Greek one).
> 2: A letter in the Roman alphabet used to transliterate the Gothic
> letter. It, in turn, is transliterated as HW or HV, hence hwair. I
> believe the hwair was designed by a German Gothicist.
>
> If I'm not much mistaken, the name of the letter is pronounced either
> /hwer/ or /hwEr/, or maybe with an unvoiced /w/ rather than /hw/.
>
> Tristan.
>
Well, [w_0] sounds nearly the same as [hw] to me anyway.

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