Re: RFC: Renaming 3B to Tezenki

Hi!

Daniel Prohaska writes:
>...
> Most L1 German speakers of English have [E] for /&/ and /E/, while /V/ is
> indeed [a]. so <cant>, <Kent> and <cunt> would be: [kEnt], [kEnt] and [kant]
> respectively.
Yes.  Although most will have learned RP, so unless they find it
explicitly cool to use 'American' pronunciation, the above would be:
[ka:nt], [kEnt], [kant].  With <man> vs. <men> Germans get the
uncertain feeling that there must be some difference between those
ä sounds. :-P

**Henrik

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