To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:40:41 +0200
>> There is no difference in pronunciation; how can you differentiate
>> in speech between "Sh" and "ShSh"?
>
>There certainly are langages that have a doubled "sh" shound in
>speech; Arabic and Japanese spring to mind...
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?
Ian
Re: HF$IBBO:LIYM (?) -- (Parenthesis),
Ian Hutchesson, 09/26/2000