Re: English syllable structure
| From: | Fabian <fabian@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 7, 2001, 0:05 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
> > 'chiaroscuro'
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> Never encountered that word, but I'd say /kia/.
It's a technical term in art criticism, and therefore
normally pronounced as in Italian: /kja.../
>
Most Italians round here (we have a big Italian community in town) would
say /tSa.../. In the Italian dialect that dominates here, orthographic I
turns /k/ to /tS/ and /g/ to /dZ/. Palatisation, I do believe.
--
Fabian
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