LL-L: "Phonetics" [S] LOWLANDS-L, 03.OCT.1999 (01)

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From: Sandy Fleiman [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject: "Phonetics"

> From: John M. Tait [jmtait at altavista.net]
> Subject: LL-L: "Phonetics" [E/S] LOWLANDS-L, 30.SEP.1999 (06)
>
> Sandy wrate:
>
> >There's no /C/ (open "o").
>
> Div ye mean /O/? In SAMPA, is /C/ no the soond o the <ch> in _nicht_?

A did mean /O/ - A wis herkin back tae oor pre-SAMPA days!

> >"Guid" is pronounced [gId], bid is pronounced [b3d], with "3"
> representing
> >Aiken's vowel.
>
> Ar the a _systemic_ differ in your accent atween 'UI' an 'I' words, than?

It's hard tae see onything. Tae me the differ atween the vouels in
"guidnicht" [gId'n3xt] is claer (the /I/ is mair closed nor the /3/). But
syne the'r muinlicht [m3nl3xt].

If A try listin aa kin o nifferins naething chynges:

It's a guid muin the nicht [?3?s A gId m3n D@ n3xt]

Git the big ane tae bring iz a spuin [gI? D@ b3g jIn ?3 br3N Iz A sp3n]

(Thon last example gars iz wonder if this isna hou A dinna feel richt aboot
writin "get" in Scots even tho A write "ever" & "never" [3v3r], [n3v3r])

A wad suggest that Aitken's vouel's juist gittin mair uizual in ma dialect.
"Guid" is whiles soondit [g3d], whan it's bein says enthusiastic: "That's no
half guid!" A dinna ken what the signeeficance o that micht be, but aiblins
it's evidence that /3/ could tak ower fae aa the /I/'s in time?

Sandy
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