Israel

[Herb Stahlke]

I had to train the members of my church choir not to pronounce Israel
with a transitional [j] between the two vowels, as shows up in Tom's
version.

Herb

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Randy Alexander
<strangeguitars at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> from w-m.com for "Isreal" I hear ~Izreeyool, where ~yool rhymes with "wool".
>> Main Entry:Is·ra·el
>> Pronunciation:\ˈiz-rē-əl, -(ˌ)rā- also ˈis- or ˈiz-rəl\
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> Do you pronounce Isreal with your "~yool"?  With lip rounding on the /l/?
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