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Re: Woody or tinny?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 19, 2001, 19:54
Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:
> I generally speak rhotic, which is why "word order" > causes me problems - how do other rhotic speakers feel about that one?
Never really thought about it. I actually kind of like the sound of it.
> As for "genre", I hate it because a) it's one of the few, if not the only, > word with an initial /Z/, and b) because it has an /nr/ combination
I like /Z/, and /nr/ has kind of a nice sound to it, I think. There are several words in Uatakassí with [nr] (phonemically /nl/), like _nlakús_ (man) -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42