Re: Dutch questions

On Sun, 7 May 2006 10:11:46 +0200, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

>What is <ij> really?  Wikipedia says it's [Ei], but I'm currently in
>Amsterdam and my Anglophonic ears hear it as a variety of "long i"
>rather than "long a", which is what I'd expect in that case.  Maybe
>it's closer to [&i]?
>
>My perpetual difficulty in distinguishing [a] and [A:] continues.
>Fortunately, there is a length difference to go with the quality one,
>but it'd be nice if it were [&:] instead of [A:], as I was led to
>believe by the imprecise fauxnetic descriptions in "Teach Yourself
>Dutch"...
Speaking of Dutch and vowels, I was wondering if anyone could provide a
list of the Dutch vowels and their correspondences in English.  I've tried
to do so myself but have found some apparent irregularities, so I'd like
to see what others have come up with. :P

- Rob

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