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From:  "Valerio Vanni" <valevanni@m...>
Date:  Mon Apr 10, 2000  2:21 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] speaking of Italian diction



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On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 23:19:55 Alain Z|rcher wrote:
>Isabelle Bracamonte wrote :
>
><< All right... Moriarty says that "e" and "o" preceding
>a stressed syllable is closed, and "e" and "o"
>following a stressed syllable is open. Stressed "e"
>and "o" are variable -- you have to look them up.>>
>
>
>It's a pity that with such a name, you cannot help us in correct Italian
>diction! ;-)
>
>I find your first sentence odd. I thought that un-stressed "o" and "e" were
>always closed. Still another rule?
>The problem is that there cannot be two adjacent stressed syllables in a
>word! (Or am I wrong?)
>Therefore, I would have thought that <"e" and "o" preceding/following a
>stressed syllable> would be unstressed, hence closed...

I think the first statement
>"e" and "o" preceding a stressed syllable is closed
is right, the second
>"e" and "o" following a stressed syllable is open
is wrong.
For the following ones it's the same than for the preceding ones (they are
closed). I'm not sure at 100%, but I don't remember of any word that goes
against this rule. If someone has any, please tell me.






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