[B-Greek] pronunciation of Cockney "belt"
Barbara D. Colt
babc2 at comcast.net
Sun Nov 7 06:44:22 EST 2004
On 7 Nov 2004 at 1:54, Barbara D. Colt wrote:
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> On 7 Nov 2004 at 0:23, Eric Weiss wrote:
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> > Can anyone tell me what the Cockney pronunciation of
> > the "el" in "belt" would be and how it differs from,
> > or is similar to, the "eu" in "feud" (Erasmian) or the
> > "ev/ef" (Modern Greek) pronunciation that other Greek
> > grammars give?
> >
> "e" as in "set" followed by "oo" as in "food," but it's a diphthong ( as
> though I were to say that "ou" in "out" is pronounced as "a" as in "calm"
> followed by "oo" as in "food").
>
I should add to this, don't let yourself put any "y" sound between "e" and
"oo".
Barbara D. Colt, mailto:babc2 at comcast.net
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