tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post6041777508657893980..comments2024-03-17T09:14:13.950+00:00Comments on John Wells’s phonetic blog: Yɛ!John Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-28423437050794072952009-10-17T11:31:52.021+01:002009-10-17T11:31:52.021+01:00Yɛ can have several meanings, though in this case ...Yɛ can have several meanings, though in this case my guess (as a non-native speaker) is that is means `to be good.' Interestingly, `sh' is not the way the voiceless palatal fricative is written in Akan; in Akan it's written as `hy'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-53820146339197254852009-10-17T08:44:00.316+01:002009-10-17T08:44:00.316+01:00So what do Biɛ Wɔshwɛɔɔ and Yɛ mean?So what do Biɛ Wɔshwɛɔɔ and Yɛ mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-29291281058013188942009-10-17T08:28:37.287+01:002009-10-17T08:28:37.287+01:00Hard to believe that most Londoners see the ɔ as a...Hard to believe that most Londoners see the ɔ as anything but a c.Michael Eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882679137179765872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-70549514271200619452009-10-17T00:33:04.263+01:002009-10-17T00:33:04.263+01:00OK, but what does it taste like?OK, but what does it taste like?Lance Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04712002642501309020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-86508675878627672642009-10-16T22:00:59.158+01:002009-10-16T22:00:59.158+01:00And literate speakers of those languages!And literate speakers of those languages!John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com