Re: [tied] Davs (was Pronunciation of "r" - again?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "squilluncus" <grvs@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
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> > Also note
> > 'bøg' /bø?G/ "beech", 'løg' /loI?/ "onion"
> > 'eg' /e?G/ "oak", 'steg' /staI?/ "steak"
>
> We also got "egetrae", "egebord" with /e?G/ retained.
> ("Meget egendomligt")

There are a few contested items:
underlegen/overlegen "inferior/superior" with /-le?I&n/ or /laI?&n/

> Couldn't it be special spheres within which a certain pronunciation
> is maintained? Weighty pre-industrial lumberdealers and carpenters
> vs. low-status cooks and housewives (bög vs. lög)?

That's the idea.

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> There is also a factor similar to shibboleth to be considered:
>
> "troll" and "boll" is pronounced exactly the same in Sweden,
> whereas "trold" is pronounced /tro?l/ and "bold" /bold/ in Danish.
> Probably they were once exactly rhyming, but inappropriate
> associations with "bolle" ("futuere") has lead to the d in writing
> gaining also pronounced value as /d/.
> As a Swede coming to Denmark you have to be careful with expressions
> like "bolla med idéer" ("juggle with ideas").
>

Or "knäppa på TV:n" ("switch on the TV").



Torsten