[YG Conlang Archives] > [ceqli group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
on 3/2/04 8:39 PM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote: > --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote: > --SNIP-- >> Actually, a stressed schwa allophone might be okay, or at least one > that is >> not conspicuously UNstressed. I mean: >> >> To ze hon. Equal stress on each. Just like in, say, to han hon. >> >> but >> >> To zbano. At worst, would be TO zuh-BAN-o. I think. >>> > > Ummmm..... > Nope. Doubt it. "Ze bano" and "zbano" will end up the same for > someone that can't pronounce "zb". --K I think we need to emphasize that "ze" is a -number-. Thus, the beat should be such that it's not terribly unstressed. Zbano might be zuh-BAN-o, but ze bano would be more like ZE BAN-o. Anyway, the rule will be that it's -not- a schwa. Rex F. May (Baloo) Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/book-GesundheitDummy.htm