Re: 'mispronunciation' of "engelang" (was: Introduction)
From: | Matthew Turnbull <ave.jor@...> |
Date: | Monday, March 30, 2009, 21:39 |
my bad, the [r/] should be [r\].
Also, on further reflection, I should have written ['bAr\b@kjub]
I pronounce bare as [ber\] or maybe [bEr\] I think. mabye even [b@r\]
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>wrote:
> On 29/03/09 17:30:23, Matthew Turnbull wrote:
>
> > the other is [b&r/b@kjub] for [b&r/b@kju]
>
> I assume that's the word "barbecue". What's the [/] mean? I assume also
> that the [&r] is the same vowel/consonant as in the word "Barry"/"bare"
> and different from the world "bar"; is it normal in America/your part
> of the world to pronounce it like that? (Or possibly you pronounce
> "bare" and "bar" the same?)
>
> (For me: [ba:b@kju\:] or [ba:bi].)
>
> --
> Tristan.
>