----- Original Message -----
From: "David Barrow" <davidab@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)
> 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]
London accent? If so, I'd use [M\], rather than [u].