Re: Tetraphthongs (was: Triphthongs)
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 17, 2000, 7:17 |
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> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:15:30 +0200
> From: BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
> Kristjan, surely _bjerget_ is pronounced [bjeQweD?] with that famous Danish
> approximant [D]!
More like [bjaQ?D=], where the [Q] is so short that it gets devoiced
totally by the [?]. But the word's still disyllabic, so I think that
counting it as a triphthong would be cheating.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)