Re: Paribbajakakatha

Dear Brother Noah,

You wrote:
> Sorry for that... I started out my recordings much slower,
> but once I realized I would probably have to re-record it
> many times before I > managed to get a perfect recording,
> I sped up a bit.  I think I'm using > a fairly proper Pali
> pronunciation, though I probably miss some of the
> retroflex accents  (.n, .t, etc) where you are to put your
> tongue on the roof of your mouth as you say the letter.
>  I try to aspirate where > appropriate (th, dh, etc.) but
> that may not be so clear either.  I would be interested to
> hear your version.

I timed my recitation of the first 4 paragraphs at about 12 minutes
which is much slower than your 6:25 min. mp3 recording of all 6
paragraphs. I don't mind the imperfections. It just makes it all the
more interesting to listen to. I notice your w pronunciation of v
while mine is a v although I try to make it softer.  I also took note
of your bh in bhaasati. Are you pronuncing your aspirates as given in
some pronunciation keys like the bh in abhorrence? I'm following
Warder's key where he gives the p in pish for ph. For the cerebrals,
I've moved away from the retroflexes and pronounce them in the same
place of articulation, i.e, behind the aveolar ridge but with a
different part of the tongue. The contact point is further back from
the tip of the tongue, the part on the upper surface that normally
rests adjacent to the point of contact on the hard palate. I have also
made some changes to my palatals. There are some consonantal
combinations that i'm uncertain of like a nasal + h or  yh or even yy.
I will have to buy a microphone before I can start doing voice
recordings which will have to wait until next month.

Thanks for posting the first paragraph of the Brahmajaalasutta which
I'll be following up on with some comments.

Best wishes,
Jim