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Re: [txeqli] Re: schwa



on 8/13/02 6:44 PM, kevinbsmith at yahoogroups@hidden.email wrote:

> --- In txeqli@y..., Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote:
>> Quick question.  How does everybody feel about an
>> apostrophe-schwa, which will not be stressed?
> 
> I think it seems workable. Can you write up a sentence or two that
> would have a typical mix of schwa's, so we can see how they would look
> in "real life"?

I think not very many.  I see the form C' used for grammar words and things
we don't want stressed.  Also maybe to place the stress in a better place in
loan words.

Go dwel h'meristan.   I live in America.
Pani dan spun.   Spun b'dan pani.

Go ten t' felin.  I have a cat.  (replacing "ta" with "t'")

T' b'nana pa b'kom t' simi.   A banana was eaten by a monkey.



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