Hi!
Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> writes:
> Daniel44 wrote:
> >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'.
>
> GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHH! OUCH!
> [falling to my knees, banging my head in concrete floor]
Hehe. I didn't want to comment, but you did. Thanks! Now I want to
comment, too: I felt exactly the same. :-)
> But I won't try to understand anything about Uusisuom
> phonology until you've attained a firm command of IPA and X-SAMPA. Just in
> order to keep my nerves intact.
Or let's wait for the promised wav samples.
**Henrik