Re: USAGE: syllables

Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work scripsit:

> Yes, [n] and [l] are very similar. It's almost impossible to tell
> them apart on a spectrogram for instance. And I can't tell you
> how many times I've misheard _juni_ 'June' and _juli_ 'July'! :)
The old pronunciation of "July", viz. ["dZulI], was in use right
up through the 19th century, but AFAIK all dialects have now
shifted to [dZ@"lai] (or local equivalent), and the very fact
that it was once different is now almost forgotten, except that
some 19th-century poetry preserves it, rhyming "July" with "truly">

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