Re: CHAT: IPA Question

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:12:52 -0500 "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
writes:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 05:54:46PM +1100, Tristan wrote:
> [snip]
> > >I'm confused... which vowel is this?? In *my* English idiolect,
> the vowel
> > >here would be [u], same as in "lute" or "good".
> > Central rounded high vowel, u-dashed. Most dialects of English
> that I'm
> > familiar with have the vowel in lute or root moving forward. And
> the
> > vowel in root and good are different.
-

[snipped]

Oh no, this Pronunciation of English Vowels thread is going out of
control!!!!!

So, for your amusement, here is "Why Some Songs Cannot Be Sung In A
Brooklyn Accent".

from "the Wizard of Oz":

(roughly)

/wr= Of t@ si: D@ wIz@d/
/D@ wVn@fl= wIz@d Vv a:z/    > /a:/!
/jUl fajn(d) (h)i: Iz @ wIz @v @ wIz
/If Ev@ @ wIz De@ wVz/    > /V/!
/If Ev@ ow Ev@ @ wIz De@ wVz/
/D@ wIz@d @v a:z Iz wVn b@kO@z/    > /O@/!
/b@kO@z b@kO@z b@kO@z b@kO@z b@kO@z/   > /O@/!
/b@kO@z @v D@ wVn@fl= TINz (h)i: dVz/   > /V/!

Rhyming /V/ and /O@/ (and /a:/) just don't work...
So if you excuse me, i'll go and /wO@k/ /@krO@s/ the street and get some
/kO@fi:/ from the /stO@(r)/... ;-)


-Stephen (Steg), who doesn't actually have *that* much of a Brooklyn
accent
 "aru."

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