basque/Basque/bask

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:57 pm -0400 "Steve Kl."
<stevekl at PANIX.COM> wrote:


> Do you say it like the pear (bosc) or with a long a of paste?

Like the 'a' in 'pasta' or 'wasp'.

I pronounce the pear with an open-o (lax, low-mid, back).


Lynne


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