Re: sending mail to the list

--- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > En réponse ESuomenkieliMaa
> <suomenkieli@...>:
> >
> >>  If you know Finnish, you know "y" is like the
> "ew" of
> >> the English word "Jew" and "a:" (which is actual
> "a"
> >> with the diaersis or umlaut above it) is like the
> >> American/Midwest pronunciation of the "a" of the
> >> English name "Abbey".  Hence, it is called
> "v-ew-a".
> >
> >
> > He he, the first one I cannot differentiate from a
> French "ou" or Spanish "u",
>
> No, actually Finnish "y" is IPA /Y/, a laxed version
> of French "u".
> The reference to "Jew" is because /ju/ is the
> regular English approximation
> of /y/.
>
> --
> There is / one art             || John Cowan
Oh, thanks John!!
That notation helps immensely... but what does IPA
stand for?  I know that abbreviation in the finance
world as something surely different than intended
here!  Anyhow, that's exactly what I wanted to
indicate.
Regards
Young Matt


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