Özil's magic left foot -- or was it Oezil's ?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Jun 24, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Jim Parish wrote:

> Joel S. Berson asked:
>> How is the Turkish Ö pronounced?
>
> According to Lewis V. Thomas, _Elementary Turkish_, it's pronounced "as eu in French
> peu". Comrie's _The World's Major Languages_ simply says that it's [+round] [-high].

yes, it's a mid front rounded vowel.

arnold

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