Re: non-phonetic english spelling

From: Adrian Bailey (dadge_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:09:41 GMT

"Zobby" <zobby@zobby.invalid> wrote in message
news:1d8cud27km0hs.rq7ovyjvnr2k$.dlg@40tude.net...
> OK, after I pronounced 20 times "pareil" (or "pareille") et "may", I still
> hear a slight difference in the final glide (more pronounced in French),
> and a marked difference in the initial vowel ([E] vs [e]).

Me too. (I think the French is similar to the sound in Hungarian "paréj" or
"mély", ie. more open and less diphthongised than the English in "may".)

Adrian

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