I was thinking about Hessisch too, which is Frankfurt area and the German Bundesland Hessen. I think I can distinguish about 6 different dialects, each one has a different pronunciation of 'ich'. If anybody is interested I can organize a conference call offlist and we can listen to the various sounds by phone. Compare it with the Berlin version ;-)
Dave --- Otto Stolz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick Cameron wrote: > > > At http://www.philol.msu.ru/rus/galya-1/kons/n-2.htm you can find > > audiovisual samples for the consonants of the Russian alphabet. The > entry > > for U+0429 (which they write as Ш') sure looks and sounds like an > ich-laut > > to me. > > Are you referring to the German standard pronounciation [ç], > or have you, by any chance, heard this phoneme pronounced by > a Hessian [ʃ]? The latter would resemble the pronounciation of > "щ" much more than the former (which is normally transliterated > into Russian as "г"). > > Best wishes, > Otto Stolz > > ===== Dave Possin Globalization Consultant www.Welocalize.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/locales/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
