Joseph Fatula wrote:
>
> JF [jIr m@Dr w@ z@ h&@mstr En dZr faDr smEL t@ vEldrbEriz]
> Joe [jO: mVD@ w@z@ h&mst@, n= jO: fA:D@ smEl?@v Eld@bEriz]
>
> This is quite interesting to compare. Keeping them in the order as above:
>
> jIr
> jO:
>
> m@Dr
> mVD@
>
> w@ z@
> w@z@
>
> h&@mstr
> h&mst@
>
> En
> n=
>
> dZr
> jO:
>
> faDr
> fA:D@
>
> smEL
> smEl?
>
> t@
> @v
>
> vEldrbEriz
> Eld@bEriz
>
> If I wanted to suggest the pronunciation I'm getting from Joe, I'd probably
> write: "Yaw muttha was a hamsta un yaw fawtha smelk of eldaberries."
jO: fA:D@
yaw fawtha
|aw| for two different sounds?
smEl?@v
smelk of
|k| for glottal stop?
and how would you interpret this orthographically?
[j@ mVD@ w@z@ h&mst@ n= dj@ fA:D@ smEut@v Eud@bEriz]
[w@z@ h&mst@] can also be [w@zn= &mst@] with h dropping
[n= dj@] or [n= j@] or even [n= dZ@]
David Barrow