Re: phonetic
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 28, 2005, 18:04 |
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On Saturday, May 28, 2005, at 02:19 , # 1 wrote:
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> Is the sound [e] really possible to say before a consonant at the end of
> a
> word?
Yes.
> If I say [ke] or [keke] it is easy but to pronounce only [kek] seems
> incomplete in my mouth... there must be another sound to go after the
> consonant
Maybe in your mouth - but that must be due to L1 interference. 'cake' is
pronounced [k_hek] is some regional pronunciations in Britain, for example
in Wales and parts of northern England and Scotland.
> And I feel the same thing with all the mid-close vowels like [o] or [2]
Nope - in those areas 'coak' is [k_hok]
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> Is it only the fact that I don't speak a language wich such a combinaison
> of
> sounds might occur in that makes I can't say it? Only because I'm not used
> to it?
Oui.
Ray
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