Re: Improved (Short) Ygyde
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 15, 2003, 11:49 |
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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.