Re: OT: Dutch pronunciation questions

From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>

> From "correct"  |ui| [9H] to [EH] is simply loss of rounding in the first
> component.
I think I better chime in now with a question -- the book I have, |The
World's Major Languages|, shows the diphthong as being /VH/, but another
book I read has /9H/. Are both true for different dialects?

I hope it's /9H/ since it's one of my favorite sounds, also found in
Norwegian as |øy| and <shameless plug> Tech as |au| in a fronted environment
due to umlaut/vowel harmony (still haven't worked out the specifics yet --
I'm changing the vowel rules by the way).

~Danny~

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