BP
> At 02:32 2001-06-30 -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
>
> >In _phonemic_ terms, it seems almost a toss-up whether to assign "sear" etc.
to
> >tense /iy/ or lax /i/,
tho usefully the six lax vowels can be mapped to the six vowels that precede
nononset R.
tour = twr
pore = por
pair = per
fir = fur
fear = fir
far = far
+
tire = fayr
tower = tawr
> Except that it might be useful to distinguish _sir_ "sear" from _siyr_
> "seer" in some kind of reformed spelling. In my Inglix scheme I'm afraid
> they'll have to be _sér_ vs. _séer_.
sear = sir
seer [if = see + er] = siyr
--And.