Re: [tied] -kt- (was: Alb. katër)

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

> Richard Wordingham wrote:
> >
> > a) I wrote, 'OE _ru:h_ > English "rough", formerly [rVf] in X-

SAMPA,

> > i.e.
> > homophonous with English "ruff".', and you don't
> > understand 'homophonous'.
>
> I took your "rough" as starting point because you meant it was

formerly

> "rVf"; So far I know "homophonous" means _having the same
> pronounciation. And here is the problem I got.
> "gh" is not "f", thus I thought you mean the older pronounciation

for

> "rough" should have been "ruff" since you meant them as being
> homophonous.

I apologise. The problem is that the vowel in English has become
lower and more central than IPA [V], and the IPA symbol for the
current vowel is the one traditionally used for the Received
Pronunciation (RP) of "bird". If I'd written [r3f], I'd have caused
confusion.

Richard.