Re: THEORY: [i:]=[ij]? (was Re: Pronouncing "Boreanesia")
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 3, 2000, 21:52 |
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Kristian Jensen wrote:
> >6. I know that my _book_ is not [bok], because if it was then my _could_
> > would sound like an Irish pronunciation of _code_, which it certainly
> > doesn't.
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> Unfortunately, I don't know Irish at all that well.
Hiberno-English renders /o/ as [ow], the same as American English.
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