I'm always upset when American English dictionaries don't distinguish between this:
A "long i" sound at the end of a syllable is always like lojban "ai"
Ex.
Pie, why, thigh
But when followed by an *unvoiced* consonant, it's more like the lojban "yi"
Ex.
Might, nice, knights
...However, if the following consonant is *voiced* (or a fluid), then it remains like "ai"
Ex.
Wise, climb, mile
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 23:19, Alex Rozenshteyn
<rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
I really need to learn IPA... ( {.a} X-SAMPA )On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Pierre Abbat
<phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
On Saturday 22 January 2011 22:29:18 Alex Rozenshteyn wrote:
> So does "bite" sound kinda like "buy 't" (where " 't " is "it" with the "i"
> chopped off)?
Yes. However, "Buitenzorg", being Dutch, I pronounce differently. ("uy"
and "ui" are pronounced the same in Dutch, AFAIK, but are different from "ei"
and "ij".)
Pierre
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