Re: Conlang Christmas

On 29.12.2007 Henrik Theiling wrote:
 >    Þélk Nátli eð bon nó önn!
 >
 > This is pronounced as follows:
 > :  [TjEKk 'naU)htlI E: bo@):n noU): 9n]
 >

I can't remember ever having seen [o@)] for /o:/ described
for Icelandic. The closest thing I can remember is [o@)] for
_á_ in Faroese. Is this a deliberate difference between
Þrjótrunn and Icelandic pronunciation, or something you've
actually heard colloquially? An effect of the following
nasal perhaps?


/BP 8^)>
--
Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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   "C'est en vain que nos Josués littéraires crient
   à la langue de s'arrêter; les langues ni le soleil
   ne s'arrêtent plus. Le jour où elles se *fixent*,
   c'est qu'elles meurent."           (Victor Hugo)

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