Re: CHAT: IPA Question

Tristan scripsit:

> Americans have problems distinguishing the two... listening to a song
> being song my an American, I had no idea what word the singer was
> saying. Turned out it was 'hurry', but he pronounced it /hr\=i/
Normal.  To me, [hVr\i] sounds very unnatural, almost robotic.

> Same as before, I'm gessing /L\/ is dark l.
Actually, [L] isn't anything.  Velarized (dark) l is [5] or analytically [l_e].

> I say [mI4@n]
That would be "midden" (garbage heap) in N.A.

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