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Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis)

From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:02:37 +0000

On Tue 26 Sep 2000 (18:40:41 +0200), mc2499 AT mclink.it wrote:
> And in connected speech in English (ie spoken normally):
>
> Bush showed a lot.
>
> There is a double $ going from Bush to showed. Try and say it with only
> one and you end up with
>
> Bush owed a lot.
>
> So, is there really no difference in pronunciation?

Well yes, there is. You put a glottal stop ('aleph or `ayin; or a Shewa)
between the last Sh of Bush and the first Sh of showed. The same thing occurs
with the often spoken "Bus stop", which becomes "bus top" in lazy speech. In
Handel's Messiah, our choir director insisted that we articulate "He shall
reign for 'ever and 'ever" with glottal stops, not by singing it "he shall
reign forever endeavour".

So do we say it Ha$:$iBBo:LiYM or HF$iBBo:LiYM ? Does it matter?

Ba$$alom
Ben
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Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Ian Hutchesson, 09/26/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Dave Washburn, 09/26/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Ben Crick, 09/27/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Ian Hutchesson, 09/27/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Peter Kirk, 09/27/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Dave Washburn, 09/27/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), G. Ross, 09/28/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Henry Churchyard, 09/28/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Ian Hutchesson, 09/29/2000
- Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis), Henry Churchyard, 09/30/2000