spelling pronunciation exercises

[Tom Zurinskas]

Thanks James,  Is that a Utah dialect?  Is that a short oo or a long oo?

Tom (the troll) Z

>From: James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM>
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>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: spelling pronunciation exercises
>Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:20:31 -0700
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> > > OK. I'll give it a try.  To get it straight, the
> > "wh" is spoken "hw" not
> > > "wh" right.  (hwich makes no sense hwatsoever.
> > Hwy thy say it that I'll
> > > never know.  But I'll do hwut you say for a hwile.
> > >
> > > Tom Z
> > >
>NO!  At least not to my ears.  To me, "w", as in
>"whale", is (oo), the double "o" either weakly
>volcalized, or not vocalized at all but a rounding of
>the lips in preparation for the following exhalation
>of the "h"!
>(oo)hale
>(oo)hy
>(oo)hat
>(oo)hile
>
>Tom Z's pronunciation would put the (oo) after the "h"
>and create two sylabls; h(oo)-ich, h(oo)-ut, h(oo)-y,
>h(oo)-ile.
>
>Also, we =>(oo)e,  similar to French "oui".
>
>At least that's the (oo)ay I hear it and say it!
>
>Maybe we should start calling it "double O'; it's
>diffinitely not the "double V" of other European
>languages.
>
>
>
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