Re: Zetowvu / Ezotwuv (new conlang)

Suggestion/request:

When people use the terms south, north, east, west, etc. for dialects of a
language that is spoken in more than one country, perhaps they could say
which country they mean.

David Barrow

Jake X wrote:

> Pete Bleackly scrub:
> > Length not phonemic in English? I'll see your "Length not phonemic in
> > English" and raise you two minimal pairs.
> >
> > Buck/Book
> > rum/room
> >
> > It's not my fault if southerners can't pronounce them right!
> I'm pretty far North, and neither of those come out as the same vowel for
> me.
> Even though we had this same dreaded english vowel pronunciation thread
> a month ago,  I'll show you how I say them:
>
> [bVk] / [bUk]
> [rVm] / [ru:m]
>
> I suggest you look through the archives for an explanation of why we
> pronounce these vowels
> differently.  It should be in the last month or maybe a little more.
>
> > Pete Bleackley
> Jake