> Van: Constructed Languages List
> Onderwerp: Re: Fruitcakes was Re: Kentum/satem
>
> En réponse à J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:
>
> In my speech, influenced by Southern dialects and Standard, it's
['G2yz@,nam]
> (with the [a] usually a little longer than average, at least when the word
is
> pronounced in isolation), with ' as primary stress and , as secondary
stress. I
> just refuse to use " and % as an aesthetic statement :)) .
Brr.... those voicing southeners with their [G]'s and [z]'s where every
normal Hollander would pronounce [x] and [s]. And you pronounce /eu/ as a
[2y] diphtong? My relatives from Belgium pronounce it something like
['G2jz@,nam], but then again, we can hardly call them still Geuzen.
Maarten