[Spellyans] SWF vowel inconsistencies

[A. J. Trim]

They could be written:

fruit [fru:t], lvk "luck" and Luik "Luke".

No diacritics; no problem.

That's <ui> for <û> and <v> for <ù>.

 

Regards,

Andrew J. Trim




From: nicholas williams 
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:31 PM
To: Standard Cornish discussion list 
Subject: Re: [Spellyans] SWF vowel inconsistencies


These are unacceptable to begin with. Frut is so spelt in the SWF, but 
according to the rules it should be pronounced fryt or frit. 
Similarly they recommend <ou> for [u] but if one were to write, say, louk for 'luck' it would
be pronounced lu:k, e.g. like Louk 'Luke'.
These problems arise because the SWF does not allow diacritics. KS writes frût [fru:t], lùk 'luck' and Lûk 'Luke'.
No problem.


Nicholas
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On 1 Jul 2008, at 19:23, Terry Corbett wrote:


    The vowels of the SWF and their sound are listed on p. 4 as:
  <eu> [9(:)] [e: E]
  <i> (~ <-ei>) [i(:)] [i(:) I] ~ [- at I] § 3.4
  <y> [I(:)] [i: I e: E]  
  <o> [O(:) 7] [o: O 7]  
  <oo> [o: u:] [u:]  
  <ou> [u(:)] [u: U]
  <u> [y(:)] [i(:) I] §  
  <oa>  [a:] [Q:](RLC only)
    
  Maybe it would be good to look at each of these especially as to how well each spelling measures up to the principles 1-4 of the SWF. ( allowing for Michaels suggested reading of number 3). I have change the IPA to xsampa. The first entry between [] is identified as RMC pronunciation and the second as RLC and "Tudor Cornish" pronunciations

  Terry. 


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