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Re: YAEPT alert! [Re: Not phonetic but ___???]

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Sunday, April 18, 2004, 21:34
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 07:04:23PM +0200, Henrik Theiling wrote:
> "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> writes: > > The symbol [r\] represents the usual American English "r" > > sound, which is an approximant ... > > Does it? Is that not a simplification of the correct [r\`], i.e., > retroflex?
No, my /r/ is definitely not retroflex.
> For 'cure', it should be [kjr\`=], no?
Not for me.
> And for 'error', it may be [Er\`=:].
Definitely not. Apart from the fact that I have no retroflexion, the word "error" is quite distinctly two syllables with a consonantal [r\] in the middle. [r\r\=] is not the same as [r\=:] any more than [ji] is the same as [i:] or [wu] is the same as [u:]. -Mark

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