From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62225
Date: 2008-12-20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Jarrette" <anjarrette@...>
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>> I have uploaded a file named motte_meute.wma
>> une motte de terre
>> une meute de loups
>>
>> I let you decide which sounds closest to English mutt.
>>
>> A.
>>
>
> I'll try to be as fair and honest as possible: they're probably both
> equally similar to English <mutt>, in that recording. My first
> impression was that <motte> was more similar, but then I thought that
> could be because I'm biased. So to be fair I would say they are
> equally similar. But when he says <meute> I still notice the
> frontness, which is different from <mutt>, and also <meute> seems to
> be very very slightly diphthongal (I think it has something like a
> barely perceptible progression rounded > unrounded, but of course I
> might easily be wrong), which <motte> and <mutt> aren't. But yes
> <motte> definitely has a rounded vowel (basically <mutt> pronounced
> with rounded lips), but it doesn't remind me of RP <Mort> (a name),
> basically the latter has noticeable length which <motte> definitely
> does not. <motte> reminds me of <mutt>, and <meute> does too, so I
> will say they are equal, but if I have to decide between one or the
> other, I will still choose <motte> as a better equivalent of <mutt>
> (possibly bias, but I'm trying not to be biased).
>
> Andrew
>
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Do you have a possibility to record your own way of saying "mutt"
and put it in the files ?
A.