[gothic-l] Digest Number 823

[Tom De Herdt]

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>       1. Pronounciation
>            From: "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at NetZero.Net>
>       2. Re: Pronounciation
>            From: "Francisc Czobor" <fericzobor at yahoo.com>
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>    Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:48:45 -0500
>    From: "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at NetZero.Net>
> Subject: Pronounciation
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>  How do you determine how the ai diphthong is pronounced if the accent
falls
> on the first  vowel do you pronounce it long e, and if it falls on the
> second vowel is it then pronounced like the i in wine. or mine.
> Thaggken Thu
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>    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:51:17 -0000
>    From: "Francisc Czobor" <fericzobor at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Pronounciation
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> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at N...> wrote:
> >  How do you determine how the ai diphthong is pronounced if the
> accent falls
> > on the first  vowel do you pronounce it long e, and if it falls on
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> > second vowel is it then pronounced like the i in wine. or mine.
> > Thaggken Thu
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> According to transliteration convention established by Grimm:
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> ái = [ai] diphthong, pronounced like English "i" in "wine, mine"
> (acute accent on "a")
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> aí = short, open [e] (acute accent on "i")
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> ai = long, open [e] (no accent)
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