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Re: 'mispronunciation' of "engelang" (was: Introduction)

From:Matthew Turnbull <ave.jor@...>
Date:Monday, March 30, 2009, 21:39
my bad, the [r/] should be [r\].
Also, on further reflection, I should have written ['bAr\b@kjub]
I pronounce bare as [ber\] or maybe [bEr\] I think. mabye even [b@r\]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>wrote:

> On 29/03/09 17:30:23, Matthew Turnbull wrote: > > > the other is [b&r/b@kjub] for [b&r/b@kju] > > I assume that's the word "barbecue". What's the [/] mean? I assume also > that the [&r] is the same vowel/consonant as in the word "Barry"/"bare" > and different from the world "bar"; is it normal in America/your part > of the world to pronounce it like that? (Or possibly you pronounce > "bare" and "bar" the same?) > > (For me: [ba:b@kju\:] or [ba:bi].) > > -- > Tristan. >