Re: CHAT: Guessing games (was: Middle English question)

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> > Heh. Have a go at my name, please (christian name and surname). I'd
> > love to see what people think I'm called.
> > Lars Mathiesen
>
> [lA(r)z 'mATis@n], [lA(r)z m@'Tis@n], or [lA(r)z 'mAT@s@n]?
I don't think any of the Scandinavian languages have [T] anymore.

If it were German, it would be [la:(@)s ma't_hi:z@n].   But I have no idea
if any of the Scandinavian languages have final devoicing. Or what I presume
to be prevocalic voicing of <s>, for that matter.

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