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Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 1:53 am
by Lērisama
I have [θɪ̆ŋk̚ θɐ̆ŋk̚ sɪ̆ŋk θăŋk] for think, thunk (I was trying to get a range of vowels. And it is part of my ideolect (jokingly)), sink, thank. I think your childrens' primary school is just wrong (or more likely, they introduced this because a few people started writing something like ⟨thingk⟩, and they only know of one way to teach two letters that do something 'unexpected' together)

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:56 pm
by evmdbm
Lērisama wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 1:53 am I have [θɪ̆ŋk̚ θɐ̆ŋk̚ sɪ̆ŋk θăŋk] for think, thunk (I was trying to get a range of vowels. And it is part of my ideolect (jokingly)), sink, thank. I think your childrens' primary school is just wrong (or more likely, they introduced this because a few people started writing something like ⟨thingk⟩, and they only know of one way to teach two letters that do something 'unexpected' together)
It is apparently all part of a properly researched method of phonics teaching called Read Write Inc. It sort of doesn't matter because they're going to learn to put the letters together anyhow, but I'm glad it's not just me who thinks "Eh"!

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:32 pm
by Travis B.
I have [θɪ̈̃ʔk θʌ̃ʔk sɪ̈̃ʔk θẽ̞ʔk], with [t̪] being an allophone of initial /θ/. (I do have thunk in my lect as a specialized computer science word rather than as passive/past participle of think.) However I have [ˈθɪ̈̃ŋ.kɘ̃(ː)ŋ] and [ˈsɪ̈̃ŋ.kɘ̃(ː)ŋ] (and -[ɘ̃(ː)(n)]) not *[ˈθɪ̈̃ʔkɘ̃(ː)ŋ] or *[ˈsɪ̈̃ʔkɘ̃(ː)ŋ]; this is sensitive to syllable boundaries for me, as the /k/ syllabifies to the next syllable if an affix beginning with a vowel is attached, which inhibits preglottalization and nasal elision.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2024 2:49 am
by jal
evmdbm wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 5:35 pmIt's still two sounds
Obviously. And whether it's actual allophony in words like "think" is debatable, as /ŋ/ is a phoneme. In Slavic languages it obviously is, appearing only before /k/ or /g/, so much so that many speakers of Slavic language can't manage to pronounce /ŋ/ without a plosive release


JAL

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:28 pm
by Travis B.
Does anyone else have Star Tr/æ/k? Note that for me it is [ɛ], but if it were /ɛ/ then it would be [ɜ] not [ɛ]. (This is similar to how the dialect here has k/æ/tchup with [ɛ], not /ɛ/ with [ɜ].)

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 2:41 am
by Nortaneous
coyote

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 3:02 am
by foxcatdog
Nortaneous wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 2:41 amcoyote
[kaɪ.joʊ.teɪ]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 3:18 am
by jal
I follow BrE here, so I have /ɔ/.


JAL

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 4:54 am
by Darren
[kˣɑe̯ˈjɔy̯ɾəi̯]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 10:02 am
by Lērisama
jal wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 3:18 am I follow BrE here, so I have /ɔ/.
I thought you meant LOT in the second syllable, and got very confused. For what it's worth, I have /kʰaˈjəwtʰɪj/, probably because I think I've only, or mostly, heard Americans say it, because it's not native here.

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 11:18 am
by Travis B.
[kʰae̯ˈjo̞ɾi(ː)]

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 5:16 pm
by Linguoboy
/ˈkaɪ.joʊt/

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:31 pm
by zompist
Travis B. wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 11:18 am [kʰae̯ˈjo̞ɾi(ː)]
Probably the same, though I'd just write [ka jo ɾi].

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:38 am
by jal
Lērisama wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 10:02 amI thought you meant LOT in the second syllable, and got very confused.
Wel, LOT would be /ɒ/ in BrE, so no confusion possible :mrgreen:


JAL

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:05 am
by Lērisama
jal wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:38 am
Lērisama wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 10:02 amI thought you meant LOT in the second syllable, and got very confused.
Wel, LOT would be /ɒ/ in BrE, so no confusion possible :mrgreen:

My lot is [ɔ] though :mrgreen:. And, more importantly, I hear Vowel+semivowel as a diphthong, even across a syllable boundary, so I expected /ɔɪ/, rather than /ɔ/ (really [ɔj], unless you're the Queen¹, on British Pathé², an exam invigilator, or in the RAF in WWII, but what can I say; it's tradition³)


¹ the real one, not the current one
² the brand the government used for its propaganda. I think it lasted up into the 60s
³ imagine this as from the Fiddler on the Roof song

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:41 am
by Travis B.
zompist wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:31 pm
Travis B. wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 11:18 am [kʰae̯ˈjo̞ɾi(ː)]
Probably the same, though I'd just write [ka jo ɾi].
I distinctly perceive it as having a diphthong phoneme in the first syllable followed by a semivowel in the second syllable rather than as having a monophthong phoneme in the first syllable. In this way it is like lawyer /ˈlɔɪjər/ [ˈʟ̞ɔɪ̯jʁ̩ˤ(ː)] where I perceive it as having a diphthong phoneme followed by /j/. Also note that I have a phonemic contrast between /aɪV/ [ae̯V] and /aɪjV/ [ae̯jV]; consider the case of Gaia /ˈɡaɪə/ [ˈɡ̥ae̯ə(ː)], which lacks a /j/ [j].

Note that I have a bit of free variation in this word, because while the pronunciation I gave is the one I'd give if you just asked me to say the word coyote, in practice I also have the pronunciation [kʰəe̯ˈjo̞ɾi(ː)].

(Edit: I also have a phonemic contrast between /ɔɪV/ [ɔɪ̯V] and /ɔɪjV/ [ɔɪ̯jV/, e.g. I have soya /ˈsɔɪə/ [ˈsɔɪ̯ə(ː)] and Goya /ˈɡɔɪə/ [ˈɡ̥ɔɪ̯ə(ː)].)

Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 8:15 am
by jal
Lērisama wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:05 amMy lot is [ɔ] though
Interesting, didn't know that there were varieties of BrE that had such a high LOT. Does it merge with COT and/or CAUGHT?
And, more importantly, I hear Vowel+semivowel as a diphthong, even across a syllable boundary
But wouldn't the first <o> be reduced to schwa or some rounded variant, and hence not be perceived as diphthong?


JAL