Re: CHAT: A flat minor (was: ATTN: Pablo Flores (VIRUS WARNING))

Y'all wrote:

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> Well, more or less, because
> I could be inaccurate about the way /o/ is pronounced in different positions
of
> a word.
Just what I was taught: /a/ and /o/ are pronounced [a] and [O]
when stressed, both [a] just before the stress, and both [@] elsewhere.
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To be more precise, /a/ and /o/ in prestressed position are pronounced /V/.

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> errm, /,li@U 'tQlstOI/ for ( iirc ) /l_jef
> tVl_j'stOI/. /k&tS@tSUri@n/ for /x@tS@tu'r_jan/ ?
I'm have my doubts about the "l_j" in your transcription; it implies a soft
sign, and I don't think it's there in Russian. But I could be wrong, since
Russian is - at best - my L6.
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Jan is right. It has no soft sign, and therefore is read [tV5"stOI]. Don't forget
velarized [5] as a representation of hard /l/! By "middle" [l] everybody
recognizes a foriegner!

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About Khachaturian I'm even less sure; it's an Armenian name and thus bound to
different rules. All I know is that the accent is one the last syllable,
indeed.
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[x@tS@tu"r_jan] is OK.

Cheers,
Yitzik