Re: schoen

Helmut Richter wrote:
>
> Reinhold (Rey) Aman:
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> > Thomas Widmann wrote:
>
> >> By 'shane' I assume you mean [Se:n].
> >
> > No, he means [SeIn] "sheyn" (diphthong).
>
> This is indeed the key question. If the author meant the diphthong, there
> are not many German dialects having a diphthong here. If he meant the
> unrounding of the front vowel and denoted it as "shane" because there is
> no other unrounded close [e:] in English, many German dialects could be
> meant.

You know a variety of English that has a pure [e:]?? Where?
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