Re: CHAT: IPA Question
| From: | Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 5:21 |
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From: "E. Notagain" <ecg321@...>
Subject: Re: IPA question
> Tiovaqnaki Tels Tristan:
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> >Another diphthong, /ai/. To save you the trouble, the other diphthongs
> >are joy: /Oi/, /OI/ or /oi/, how: /au/, /aU/, /&u/,
> >stone: /ou/, /@u/, /8u/.
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> Thank you so much. It would be nice if some IPA site bothered to mention
> that...
They don't for the reason that you'll probably find shortly, when reading
the message I just sent. Spoken English has wide variety in its sounds,
especially vowels. Not only is one vowel pronounced differently in a
different region, but there are often different categories. Like around
here (California), I hear people saying "marry" and "merry", and they sound
the same. Same goes for "rot" and "wrought". Because English (like many
languages) does not share a single phonology, the sort of thing you're
looking for is hard to make without breaking it up by region. And I don't
have a clue what categories are distinguished in many English-speaking
regions.
Hope this makes sense.
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