[tied] Re: Illyrian as satem

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" wrote:

> tolgs001 wrote:
>
>>> did you wanted to say "aier"?
>>
>> I wouldn't want to say/write "aier" in Romanian even under
>> torture. ;-) ([a-yer] is simply *bad* Romanian; in its
>> pronunciation, there is no semi-vowel between [a] and [e])
>
> you wouldn't want it and every person who visited a school will
> try to pronounce "aer"

Haven't you?!

> even if there is a bit diffciult since the "ie" is easy
> making its place in the pronounciation.

[ye] makes the pronunciation easier at the beginning of a word,
in some cases. In this case, it doesn't (since it inserts a
supplementary articulatory movement), except for A.M.. Presence
of [y] in bad Romanian is not due to pronunciation easiness but
is a hyper-correct like idea (senseless generalization from words
with initial /e/ voiced [ye]).

Marius Iacomi