tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post4679602992838756866..comments2024-03-17T09:14:13.950+00:00Comments on John Wells’s phonetic blog: weak ɪJohn Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-71193008622449644522017-10-03T16:07:17.071+01:002017-10-03T16:07:17.071+01:00On March 11, 2005 at London Esperanto cub T met JC...On March 11, 2005 at London Esperanto cub T met JCWells in order to consult him, but I was unaware it was his birthday... But I was lucky to contact Piers Messum some years later.<br />Valdas BanaitisValdashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096468794170854166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-41728953263847905922017-10-03T15:52:40.561+01:002017-10-03T15:52:40.561+01:0015 years ago it my pocket booklet appeared
"...15 years ago it my pocket booklet appeared <br /> "Introduction to English graphopedy, phono-pedy and spelling ABC-tree" for Lithuanian children.Valdashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096468794170854166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-64880722957138758742017-10-03T15:45:08.035+01:002017-10-03T15:45:08.035+01:00I started using the terms schwu, schwa and schwi i...I started using the terms schwu, schwa and schwi in 1998 while teaching English sound kit to 10-years-olds at primary school. I presented them like shadows under water on my mnemonic model of a vowel boat with di- and triphthongs on the sail-mast,Valdashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096468794170854166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-86147421586978886802014-11-15T18:00:38.048+00:002014-11-15T18:00:38.048+00:00Schwa and its allophones are shadow-vowels, appera...Schwa and its allophones are shadow-vowels, apperaing only in unstressed syllable next to a stressed one as a shadow next to a lighted object.<br />Valdas Banaitis from LithuaValdashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096468794170854166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-64849672375873864402009-09-18T17:33:55.343+01:002009-09-18T17:33:55.343+01:00It might be worth remembering schwa [ə], schwi [ᵻ]...It might be worth remembering schwa [ə], schwi [ᵻ], and schwu [ᵿ]; these symbols are used by the OED's editors, and in my own work on Cornish; they're not sanctioned (is that the word?) by the IPA.Michael Eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882679137179765872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-40346281726491399612009-09-18T09:30:47.553+01:002009-09-18T09:30:47.553+01:00Thank you very much, Kraut. I'll follow your i...Thank you very much, Kraut. I'll follow your instructions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-12992970360398187152009-09-18T01:32:23.479+01:002009-09-18T01:32:23.479+01:00There are definitely many people who use a strong ...There are definitely many people who use a strong DRESS vowel at the start of "express".Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081841460525341333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-32246579782223626812009-09-17T19:12:46.081+01:002009-09-17T19:12:46.081+01:00I'd identify the unstressed vowels in both &qu...I'd identify the unstressed vowels in both "perfect" and "express" with the DRESS vowel, but that in "basket" with /ɪ/ (but with a different first vowel from the dictionary pronunciation given: /'baskɪt/).<br /><br />(Northern England)JHJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257258313943639485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-38353785030064800182009-09-17T18:55:50.477+01:002009-09-17T18:55:50.477+01:00Dear Anonymous: If you use Firefox, change the cha...Dear Anonymous: If you use Firefox, change the character encoding of your browser to UTF-8 and see what happens.Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-44759249323315702952009-09-17T18:16:32.026+01:002009-09-17T18:16:32.026+01:00Dear friends, what should I do in order to see you...Dear friends, what should I do in order to see your phonetic symbols in my computer? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-25369922142257695302009-09-17T16:41:38.221+01:002009-09-17T16:41:38.221+01:00Speaking from an American perspective, I agree ent...Speaking from an American perspective, I agree entirely with Professor Wells. I would add only that you would be unlikely to encounter [ˈpɜ˞fɛkt] in the US, at least in my experience. [ˈpɜ˞fɪkt] would be the norm.Amy Stollerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067839246823753590noreply@blogger.com