Re: Tonguebreaker
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 7, 2001, 8:09 |
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Frank Valoczy wrote:
>I vaguely remember something in Swedish that starts as "sjo: sjuk
>sjo:menn..."
This must be a corruption of "Sju sjösjuka sjömän" [x}: x2:x}:ka x2:mEn],
meaning "Seven seasick seamen". There are a few lines more, which I fail to
recall.
Andreas
PS Those [x]'s is how I say it. The Standard pronunciation is supposed to be
[x\] (simultaneous postalveolar and velar voiceless fricative).
PPS I agree with everyone who's said that X-SAMPA [{] and [}] are ugly!
Since [a\] and [u\] are unused, perhaps these'd be good replacements. What
do people think?
PPS Speaking of X-SAMPA, who to denote IPA turned-a?
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