Re: How to Make Chicken Cacciatore (was: phonetics by guesswork)
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, July 18, 2004, 6:06 |
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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:16:33 -0700, Philippe Caquant
<herodote92@...> wrote:
> When I was learning German at school, we pronounced
> "eu" in "Leute" like in French "oeil".
*pronounced it to himself*
Yes, that's a pretty good description of a French accent while speaking German.
I wonder whether all French learned this description? It sounds
remarkably like a stereotypical French accent.
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:16:20 -0400, Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
> ??? I do not understand this. I'm not sure how to pronounce French <oei>
I'd say [9j], probably. Or maybe [9H] / [9Y].
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:38:23 -0000, Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:
> "Oeil" is [9j]. I never quite noticed that French people
> use that for German "eu", but it makes sense. That's going
> to make my fake French accent more convincing now. =)
Indeed =)
> The High German realization of the diphthong seems more like
> [OH] or [O9] to me.
Hm... I'd've said [Oj], but trying out both, your probably right about
the second component being [H] rather than [j]. Though I would
understand [Oj] just fine as well, but I believe I say [OH].
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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