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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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