Re: [tied] Re: Pronunciation of "r" - again?

Erratum!

I did it again. Very sorry. I believe that the
quote I cited below as from _Torsten_, not Lars.

Getting sleepy. Time to quit for today.


= gLeN

--- glen gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> Lars:
> > You might have heard something else: Most
> > second-language English speakers have problems
> > keeping /v/ and /w/ separate, [...]
>
> I know what you're saying but I have a pretty keen
> ear. At least, keener than most.
>
> It was fullblown /w/ without a doubt. I've heard
> /w/'s that were half-way between /w/ and /v/ in
> other languages and I can distinguish it all very
> well. My friend uses such a v-w hybrid in Mandarin
> (when she says /wen2/ for example) and I notice it
> clearly.
>
>
> > You might have heard /werI/ for 'very', but did
> she
> > say /wa:s/ or /weIs/ for 'vase'?
>
> She was totally bilingual. She spoke English without
> any detectable accent but sounded authentic enough
> in
> Swedish at the same time. She would have said
> /'vEri/
> and /vEjs/ in English like the average North
> American. Unfortunately, my gramma never bothered to
> teach her children Swedish because, erh well alas,
> what are you gonna do with Swedish in North America?
> At a smorgasbord perhaps <:)
>
>
> = gLeN
>
>
>
>
>
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