Re: Pronouncing new sounds in new languages
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 2, 2001, 18:10 |
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In a message dated 5/2/01 4:51:30 AM, Daniel44@BTINTERNET.COM writes:
<< My French is not perfect, but I think the 'y' sound in Uusisuom is very
similar to the 'u' sound in the word 'lune'. I also realised yesterday that
the 'u' sound in Uusisuom is very similar to the 'u' in the Italian word
'pUnto'. In short, the 'u' sound is shorter and more 'tense' than the 'y'. >>
I can't speak for the Italian, but the "u" in "lune" is [y], a high,
front, rounded tense vowel, whereas /U/ is a high, back, unrounded lax vowel.
So...what do you mean by more the "u" being "more tense" than the "y"? I
was fine when I thought of the "y" as the orthographical /y/ in Russian...
-David
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