Re: New Try from a New Guy

Arthaey Angosii wrote:

> Emaelivpahr Joe Fatula:
> >/a/ as in father
> >/A/ as in cot
> >/O/ as in caught
> >/@/ as in cut
>
> Arrrg!  I hate vowels.  They're impossible to compare by using "standard"
> English words.  As far as I can tell from listening to my own
> pronunciations, "father," "cot," and "caught" all rhyme perfectly.  Only
> "cut" sounds different.
>
> I hate it when foreign-language books use English words to show how vowels
> should sound...
>
> --
> Arthaey
Yes, I used to wonder what the heck they were on about when language and
grammar books said that Spanish "sé" was pronounced like English "say". I
couldn´t imagine were the authors  had learnt their Spanish. Until I finally
understood; every single one of those books was written by someone who, unlike
me, doesn't diphthonise the vowel in words like say, late, etc.

David Barrow

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