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Re: Vocab #4

From:Jonathan Knibb <jonathan_knibb@...>
Date:Sunday, April 21, 2002, 8:18
Padraic Brown wrote:
>>> > 1. bunny / rabbit
il levoerinis, /i lEvWR'in/ = hare il lepeors, /i 'lEpeWR/ = hare la connea, /la 'kone@/ = coney il conechoelis, /Il conExoWl/ = rabbit <<< I never thought I'd say this, but I really like some of those clusters! But tell me, am I right in thinking that /W/ represents the devoiced [w] in 'when', and /R/ a *voiced* uvular fricative? When I try to pronounce the /WR/ in 'levoerinis', for example, I'm tending to come out with an unvoiced uvular fricative with a hint of labialisation (a delicious sound!), but is this what you intended? By enclosing the transcriptions in // rather than [], are you indicating a phonemic representation rather than a phonetic one? Jonathan. 'O dear white children casual as birds, Playing among the ruined languages...' Auden/Britten, 'Hymn to St. Cecilia'