Re: sending mail to the list

> "Christophe Grandsire" hu kiteb
>
>
> > .... Wait for
> > another ten years and I may be able to master it :) . Then I will try to
> hear
> > the difference between {u} in "put" and {oo} in "book", and maybe within
> > twenty  years I will have finally mastered all the vowels of English :) .
>
> When you start hearing the difference between the vowel in put and the vowel
> in book, let me know, because I am a native speaker and as far as I am
> concerened, there is no difference :)
> --
> Fabian
> The human didn't notice. Did other cats have this problem with their pets?
>
I can tell the difference when saying the sounds, but don't really
notice the difference much when listening.

For me, saying {oo} feels different - my lips pucker into a sort of
trumpet and the sound just resonates "lower". The {u} is made with a
flatter face, but much the same shape inside the mouth, and feels more
relaxed.

When I do notice {u} as opposed to {oo}, its mainly when I'm expecting
to hear {oo} but get an {u} instead, most often because the speaker
has a slight northern accent.

I included both sounds in Gevey, but only {u} plays an essential role
in the grammar (being the inanimate status suffix for objects), so I
think non-native speakers (ie traders not from the city) would be able
to cope with not realising there was a difference between the two
sounds. It would have been a lot different had I insisted on giving
both sounds major roles in the grammar...

Rik


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