Re: CHAT: IPA Question
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 14:34 |
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:58:55 +1100 Tristan <kesuari@...> writes:
> >>/&:/ can (n.)
> >Yep.
> Really? I was under the impression that Americans were foolish
> enough to
> diphthongise that into something like /&@/, and your speech seems
> awfully American...
-
Silly Australian...
The diphthong is [e@] (or [E@]), and it's the most wonderful vowel in the
world!!!!! Why else would New Yorkers use it for pretty much [he@f] the
occurances of /&/ in the language? When we [pe@s ge@s], or are [gle@d],
or put our groceries (for instance [le@m] or [e@l]) in [be@gz]...
-Stephen (Steg), who should be getting to Irish class now
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