Re: MP3: Reading in Da Maetz se Basa

Hi!

John Vertical <johnvertical@...> writes:
> I'll agree with the others: yes, the recordings do sound very
> interesting!
Thanks! :-)

> I thought I heard the /6/'s in Da Mätz Se Basa being still rhotic
> [6`]; is this intentional, accidental, or am I hearing things??
It sounds rhotic?  You mean retroflex?  I wouldn't know it is.
Not even my German accent would introduce that...

> Also, in Qþyn|gài (I'm still impressed how you can pronounce the damn
> thing at all :), ...
:-)))  To be honest -- it took me hours.

By now I can quite easily cite the first line my heart. :-)

> the palatal click sounds nothing like I thought it should sound
> like!!
Hmm, clicks sound quite strange in recordings.  They are *very* loud
compared to the rest and, therefore, tend to be distorted.

I'll try to make the phoneme table clickable (haha :-)), i.e., link
them all with MP3s with prototypical pronunciations (or what *I* think
those are).  I was surprised about some alveolar clicks on my own
recording -- they plopp much more than in real life, I think, while
the palatals sound a bit like metal but sound soft in real life.  It's
hard to describe.

> I guess I'll have to start a thread on clicks and related phones
> some day ... but before that, I'll need to take some time aside to
> record some myself.
I'm looking forward to discussions and comparisons.  I'm sure you will
be surprised about clicks on tape (eerm, or better 'on disk').

**Henrik