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How would you write these vowels? (pg. 2)
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| Theresa |
| Hey Lira, is that your voice? |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Hey Lira, is that your voice? |
lolz that's what i was gona ask :tongue2 |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
lolz that's what i was gona ask :tongue2 |
yes that's his voice. |
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| Lira |
Thanks everyone :) Oh, jdat, for some reason I can't listen to your file... is it really 15 seconds long?
The results are quite interesting, and they're often different from what I expected (which is actually a good thing, and they've explained some of the stuff I had read about :)). I'm quite curious about all those who considered the second vowel to be "gey": Does it sound like the infamous word "gay"? I'd expect some Europeans to confuse that, but I'm actually quite excited about hearing North Americans coming to that conclusion as well :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Hey Lira, is that your voice? |
Yes, here's me saying "Hi Theresa, this is my voice :D It's in Portuguese, just so I can sound exotic :p |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Thanks everyone :) Oh, jdat, for some reason I can't listen to your file... is it really 15 seconds long?
The results are quite interesting, and they're often different from what I expected (which is actually a good thing, and they've explained some of the stuff I had read about :)). I'm quite curious about all those who considered the second vowel to be "gey": Does it sound like the infamous word "gay"? I'd expect some Europeans to confuse that, but I'm actually quite excited about hearing North Americans coming to that conclusion as well :)
Yes, here's me saying "Hi Theresa, this is my voice :D It's in Portuguese, just so I can sound exotic :p |
hummm wtf
http://membres.lycos.fr/jdatoner/lira_vowels.mp3
that's not working for you?
and here's a message for theresa:
http://membres.lycos.fr/jdatoner/theresa.mp3 |
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| dallastar |
| a, e i o u and sometimes Y |
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| Subey |
| I didn't understand this thread till I just finished watching Corpse Bride :D |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I'm quite curious about all those who considered the second vowel to be "gey": Does it sound like the infamous word "gay"? I'd expect some Europeans to confuse that, but I'm actually quite excited about hearing North Americans coming to that conclusion as well :) |
To me the second one sounds like "gay" being pronounced by someone who speaks Australian/UK English with a strong Indian/Sri Lankan accent. It sounds exactly how a Tamil Sri Lankan friend of mine would say "gay". Most native english speakers (aussie, UK, US, Canadian) would put more of a dipthong in the word - I would have thought. |
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| Lira |
Corpse bride? :p
(Dallastar, what syllables sounded like "y"?)
Worked now.
That's really trippy - you can distinguish the 3rd and the 4th syllable in a completely different way (which I believe must be the explanation of why I can't distinguish "bad" and "bed" properly). |
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| Aquarian |
ga gue gai gui go go gou gun
native from montreal
first language is (quebec) french |
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| Lira |
Nice to see it in French too :)
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
To me the second one sounds like "gay" being pronounced by someone who speaks Australian/UK English with a strong Indian/Sri Lankan accent. It sounds exactly how a Tamil Sri Lankan friend of mine would say "gay". Most native english speakers (aussie, UK, US, Canadian) would put more of a dipthong in the word - I would have thought. |
Yeah, I didn't dipthonguise it on purpose (I didn't want there to be any bias toward "ay" when compared to "eh"), but it surprised me because people heard it in the 2nd syllable (whereas I expected them to hear this "ay" sound in the 3rd). That's one of the reasons why this simple survey has been quite interesting to me :) |
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| mezzir |
gah
gei
gieh
gi
goh
gooh
goo
guh
feel free to copy, i got these from the teachers edition |
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