Re: [tied] Anouilh

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 8880
Date: 2001-08-31

Me (gLeN):
>>... But with rounded schwa in [gR&'nuj], right?

Marc:
>Slightly perhaps. Not necessarily IMO. Perhaps your rounded schwa is
>influenced by the [u]?

Yes, maybe.

>>Does it matter if one pronounces the first syllable with a final
>>-n as above?
>
>No final -n in the first syllable IMO.

Maybe I'm doing "hyper-�laison" where I can't even pronounce an
open syllable in French without eliding it into the next. I wonder
if native speakers do this because it feels so natural and silky
smooth.

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