Re: OT: pronunciation question
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 25, 2006, 13:31 |
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On 25/05/06, veritosproject@gmail.com <veritosproject@...> wrote:
> Do you guys, gals, etc., differentiate [Ej] and [e]?
Yes. [Ej] to me sounds much like /&i/ ("cake"; simi'ly, [E] often
sounds like /&/ "hat", othertimes /e/), whereas [e] sounds a lot like
/e/ ("head"). I also distinguish [e] from [e:] ("haired"), which I
never attempt to diphthongise. OTOH, [ei] and [i\:] I have some
difficulty distinguishing from /i:/ ("heed"; which is something like
[Ii]).
The things our brains do to confuse us!
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Tristan.