Tuesday, January 08, 2002, 10:28:19 PM, Caio wrote:
CR> I guess the best phonetic transcription for João would be /juãw/, /j/ as the second G in "garage" ( with the emulated French pronunciation, not as in "garbage" neither as in the Spanish "Juan" CR> )but be sure to nasalize the semi-vowel /w/ too, not only the /ã/. Gilberto is /jiw'bertw/, with the same French G, the L becomes the semi-vowel /w/ and so does the O, the E as in "red" and the R CR> may be like the French ( Rio's accent, where most "bossanova-ers" came from ) or the Italians ( but a little shorter ) would pronounce it.
Thank you!
Vicki Bryant mailto:MezzoNotte@e... Naperville, IL http://home.earthlink.net/~mbryantsprint/biography.htm
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