On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:45:10 buzzcen wrote: >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.
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