From: Jens Persson
Message: 2988
Date: 2003-04-14
> Minor correction:short
>
> > The Old Norse Ö in 'dögum' was pronounced just like the regular A
> in the other cases of the same word - only it was nasalized ( =
> nasal A). The pronounciation Ö (and spelling) are later."of 'nasalized'
>
> Now I see where the confusion was coming from. Instead
> what I meant to say was that the A was pronounced "in thedirection"
> of O. The short of this sound heard in 'daogum' is not nasalized -I
> hope this clears up the confusion. Please see the vowel-sets shownin
> my 3rd post about the 'vowel-system' for more information.
>
> Regards,
> Konrad.