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Re: CHAT: new names (was: Re: Bopomofo and pinyin)

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Monday, January 24, 2000, 22:21
> >> How would you pronounce _Ryttervik_ in your various natlangs? > >> Especially: where would you place the stress?
> >Nice name! It's kinda obvious how I would pronounce it. :) > >But here goes: /rYt:Ervi:k/ with a grave pitch accent, > >i.e. on /Y/ and /i:/.
> Needless to say Daniel gets 10 out of 10 points! :-)
Horray!!! :)
> Nobody suggested anything outrageous -- even uvular [R] is an acceptable > allophone in Swedish, although I don't use it. (For the curious: I vary > between fricative and tapped alveolar allophones, although I find a trill, > either alveolar or uvular, to be the Desirable Thing.)
Try imitate Petter, Ken and the rest of those guys. Their r:s are marvelous. "Ärrr det sant mannen? Varrrenda jävel kommerrrr hörrrra dej!" :) I don't expect any non-Swede to get that... As a bonus for the non-Swedes, I can give the correct answer to _Sagelid_ which is /sA:gEli:d/ with a grave pitch accent, i.e. on A: and i:. sA:geli:d _/\___/\_ Daniel