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Re: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Thursday, January 22, 2004, 8:30
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, David Barrow wrote:

> Tristan McLeay wrote: > > > > >Yeah. Most of our pure vowels are shifted up compared to their RP values. > >'aw'/'or', f'rinstance, is /o:/, or 'er' /2:/(ish, not quite that front) > >(one notable exception is that /el/ has become /&l/, so that 'shell' and > >'shall' are homophones). American /E/ (which I think is lower than RP) > >sounds very close to my /&/. Diphthongs often move in the opposite > >direction (ei > &i), the notable exception being oy, which is more like > >/oi/ (inline with /O:/ generally becoming /o:/). > > short vowels as well? > > get = /get/ not /gEt/?
Yep, the distinction is purely length.
> if (ei > &i) are day and die and similar words homophones or has /&i/ > changed position
die is pronounced /dAi/. -- Tristan