[lojban] Re: Projects

[Philip Newton <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 07:59:42 -0000, reverendzow <reverendzow@yahoo.com> wrote:
> P.S.  It seems that nearly anyone (regardless of L1) can
> pronounce the a in Amer. "dad".  Am I just confused again?

Probably.

Most Germans would pronounce it in such a way that you'd think they
had said "debt", since the vowel sound doesn't occur in German and
most substitute what's called "short e" in English. (And the final -t
vs -d is due to German syllable-final consonant devoicing.)

Cheers,
-- 
Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>