Re: USAGE: The name "Chiang Kai-shek"

Douglas Koller, Latin & French scripsit:

> What are on-glides?
Glides that precede the main vowel, like the -i- in xian.  Mandarin has
these, Cantonese does not.

> Now here, I beg to differ. Then what do you transcribe for "die". In
> any of the variants I've heard, it vacillates between "si2" and "xi2"
> ("see" and "xi", pinyin pronunciation for the latter).
I guess it's not so unreasonable that if you don't have a distinction
between /s/ and /S/, then your /s/ may occasionally be slightly shibilant.

> Now I lied and
> did not check the font-of-all-wisdom dictionary this weekend, but
> "sik", "sek", "siek", or "xik" (again, pinyin x) seem viable options.
Okay, please do consult the FOAW when you get a chance.

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