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From:  "Vale [^_^]" <valevanni@m...>
"Vale [^_^]" <valevanni@m...>
Date:  Tue Dec 5, 2000  10:33 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] tongue problems


On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:45:10
buzzcen wrote:
>As far as /i/ being the sound of ee produced by the British, where >did you
get that. It is the INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET after >all and is a system
to transcribe phonemes regardless of origin.

It makes no sense "regardless of origin". [i], in IPA, is a sound. That,
incidentally, in English, is represented with "ee".
In Italian, i.e, ee produces a very different sound. And let's think to all
other languages.


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