Muke Tever (?):
>>Well, except that the "syllabic R" in English is a rhotacized schwa (in
>>XSAMPA /@`/ and /3`/... is 3 right?).
>>So <curb> is /k3`b/.
Danny Wier:
>I wonder why X-SAMPA uses the retroflex mark with schwa (and /3/, the
>mid-open schwa). For me, the syllabic R is more retracted (i.e.
>semi-pharyngealized) than retroflex. Mandarin "er" is retroflex.>
Possibly we're confusing rhotic/non-rhotic speech here? /k3`b/ vs. /k3b/??
A British visitor to our school in Indonesia totally perplexed the
(advanced, and very good) English-lang. students with his pronunciation of
"smirk" /sm3k/.