Re: sending mail to the list

The slightly younger (or new) Matt, couldn't we just
call you Matt Swadener (that's your last name, right?)
Anyway. He wrote:

> I guess I can give you a very rough idea of how to say
> Vya:a:h properly.  (1) say English "view" but with the
> initial "i" sound, (2) say "rat" in a very New Yorkish
> "a" & draw it out, (3) expell a puff of air for the
> playful "h".  Voila!  Vya:a:h!
>
> Any better, Christophe??
Actually, there are more of us on this list. ;)

As you probably will find out looking at the links to
the IPA that Yoon Ha gave you, you will probably find
out that Vya:a:h (or Vyääh which I suppose is the
correct spelling) is written in IPA as ['vy&:h].

I take the liberty of assuming that the stress falls
on the first syllable, that the double vowels symbolize
a long vowel and that the {h} actually is a [h] and
just not aspiration. [&] as in Eng. "cat" might also
be written [{] depending which system for ASCII-fication
of IPA you use.

||| daniel

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