Re: More Þrjótran

Andreas Johansson skrev:
> Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:
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>>Henrik Theiling skrev:
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>>>This is a good idea, I think I will adopt this.  (BTW, I
>>>perceive Icelandic long /E/ as [e:E)] for the speakers I
>>>heard.)
>>
>>That's quite possible.  The same type of realization is
>>AFAIK the rule in Faroese and common in Swedish and Norwegian
>>too, e.g. in the speech of yours truly, at least in closed
>>syllables -- I have long /i/ [i:e], long /e/ [e:E] and
>>long /E/ [E:e].  Go figure out the rule! :-)
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> Heretic! High long Swedish vowels should have a consonantal offglide!
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> In other words, my /i:/ tends to [i:j] or something like that.
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>                                                     Andreas
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>
Mine too, in open syllables.  BTW I don't speak Swedish, ever:
I speak Orustebos or Gothenburgish -- at the very extreme
Gothenburgish with Swedified vocabulary and random occurrences
of retroflex consonants...

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/BP 8^)>
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    "Maybe" is a strange word.  When mum or dad says it
    it means "yes", but when my big brothers say it it
    means "no"!

                            (Philip Jonsson jr, age 7)