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Re: Pronouncing new sounds in new languages

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 2, 2001, 22:34
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