At 7:53:02 PM on Friday, September 26, 2008, Rick
McCallister wrote:
[...]
> You also hear "God" as /gaa@.../, /gaaw@.../, etc.
That reminds me of another example: Icelandic <guð> 'god'
and words derived from it, including names like <Guðmundur>,
are pronounced as if the element were spelled <gvuð>,
roughly [kvYð] (where [k] is unaspirated). The older ON
form of the word is <goð>.
Brian