From: Óskar Guðlaugsson
Message: 741
Date: 2001-02-13
> A thing I noticed was that MI seems to pronounce the "d" asThat's because the orthographic <b> <d> <g> (lenis stops) are
> it occurs orthographically in Icelandic words, as the sound that
> we call a "t". Also some b's get changed to p's. But apparently
> not always. (maybe at the beginning of words?) But perhaps this
> is only like a "gliding towards"? Later..
> Okay - it is modern Icelandic, just a short piece of prose.case I
> Under each line there is a phonetic transcription.
> It says it is IPA. But the problem is how to write it
> in ascii. That is where you could help, since Oskar has
> already chosen an ascii representation of IPA. But I don't
> know how to relate the IPA in the book to Oskar's system,
> though many symbols no doubt agree - e.g. the book's small upper
> would in Óskar's system probably be large capital I.Right, I'll just try to supply you with a list of the SAMPA versions
> But he also uses things like a small "n" with a tail on it's
> leg (call it "n-tail"). I suppose that would be an "ng" (nasal)
> Then he also uses a Greek gamma. Maybe we could write things
> like /g ("/" = escape char, like in TeX) for gamma.
> There is also an "ñ" (n-with wavy line above it, but I don't
> know if you can see it)