Re: 'mispronunciation' of "engelang" (was: Introduction)

2009/3/30 G. van der Vegt <gijsstrider@...>

> 2009/3/30 Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>:
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:45 AM, G. van der Vegt <gijsstrider@...>
> wrote:
> >> Possibly due to Dutch influence, as this is the area around the New
> >> Netherlands, and the Dutch cognate of <milk> (<melk>) usually has [E]
> >> as the vowel. (My own pronounciation would be [mE4k])
> >
> > [4] as an allophone of /l/?  That's intriguing.  (YADPT ho!)
>
> I'm pretty sure it's not exactly common, as my pronouncation of the
> liquids (/r/ and /l/) is one of the most common sources of people
> misunderstanding my speech. I wouldn't be surprised if it has to do
> with an anomaly to my tongue, my "tongriem" (Don't know the English
> term for the part.) is shorter than it should be.
>
>
(Sorry for picking this up so late, couldn't reply for a few days)

What surprises me more is that you don't pronounce "melk" with an epenthetic
syllable. I normally always hear it pronounced ["mEl@k]. The [@] is usually
very short, but definitely present.
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Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets.

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