In a message dated 12/5/00 4:37:47 PM Central Standard Time,
valevanni@m... writes:
valevanni@m... writes:
> >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.
>
>
>
Exactly! I'm still scratching my head over where the original statement
about the british origins came from.
Randy Buescher
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