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Re: Improved (Short) Ygyde

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 15, 2003, 11:49
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 08:41:07PM +1000, Tristan wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 06:38, Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > It personally took me more than ten years to learn to distinguish [I] and > > [i]. And unlike most French people learning English, I eventually managed! ;)) > > Does that mean your average French speaker has trouble hearing the > difference between 'reed' and 'rid', or are the secondary differences > enough for them?
[snip] I don't know about French speakers, but I know that most L2 English learners in Malaysia think 'reed' and 'rid' are both [rid]. Those who are less educated don't even know the difference between long and short vowels. T -- After listening at length to the discontent that you have just respectfully expressed against my verbal capabilities, I am afraid that I must unfortunately bring it to your attention that I am, in fact, NOT verbose.