I actually meant [2Y] for PG long u. But I guess for either it is a difficult sound. When I hear people who know "a little bit of Dutch" say the "ui" sound,...
OK the sound file is posted. Do let me know what you think. The "ui" sound it made up of two sounds that I am familiar with from learning German, and I didn't...
I find myself in strangely strong agreement with Ingmar on this one. My vote is for [2:] or something very similar As to why in DE, you get both "au" words...
Ingmar, I just listened to Barbara's reading of "Het winterkoninkje" in standard Dutch. Her "ui" sounds to my ears like [aU]. ... foreigners to ... daily who ...
... accute, ... macron, u ... I can read them all except for the "double graves" and o-umlaut-macron (which turns into o"- instead of supposed o¨- (don't...
... macron, o ... Note, I think this is facilitated by the fact that I'm using Netscape now, and Netscape/Mozilla could possibly handle special characters ...
... spikey ... o-umlaut-macron ... Interesting. I'm not using Explorer, but Firefox. When I change the encoding from Western ISO 8859-1 to Unicode (UTF-8) I...
Hi all, First, I want to inform you that "parked71" has posted a few great stories on www.newsrabbit.com (written in FS, of course). Do not miss the fun to...
Hm. I'm encouraged you guys can actually see them, even if you have to adjust the encoding. My email programme's Thunderbird (i.e. is related to Mozilla) and...
Yes, I took a look at TidingKonien too, it really looks well, Evert. I just submited a story as well, "Kom fare de 'Folksprâk' mid us". Groetjes, Ingmar ... ...
I want to propose a new poll about the FS vowel system. I think we should make a decision about an orthography that serves both accepted pronunciations, so...
... Actually, I think "tîding" or "tiding" is one of the most popular choices to translate "news", (as well as newspaper/magazine)... En: Tiding (archaic) De:...
... Hmmm, I would have several systems, depending on whether the words are "native", borrowed from Greek/Latin (as well as most other languages) or from...
In system 2 and 3, there is actually a mistake, because it has both y = [ai]/[i:], and y = short [y]. That should be something like (short - long) i - y =...
You're right, Hakan, there should be room for loan-words spelt differently, e.g. route ["ru:t@], computer [kOm"pju:t@r], analyse [ana"li:z@] etc. But my...
by Ingmar Roerdink... on Mon, 2005-08-01 12:39. Kom fare de `Folksprâk' mid us! Ig wil frage ju al to kom fare de `Folksprâk' mid us. Wi kan se Folksprâk as...
lest = last, latest; nest = next I copied this from TidingKonien, but here below I can't read the â etc, but see all kind of strange signs crowling at the...
SKARFE De skarfe in mîn lîf, dei er mîn weses marktekens Karved diop in mîn seol Likas in en old êktre En nâm kratsed fran en jung hand Is waksed hög...
Well what if some don't think we should have /y/ and /2/? Do we just ignore that part of the system? Also, although I myself might favour a compromise, what if...
de böme af de Echtens Wold ha sên us in dat nacht, wan wi krüpede stil tör up de môs on tenkede us alene de môn dat tœr de trêstake schinede lycht over...
Evert - is there any way you could set up TK so it's possible to post pics with the stories? This may be impossible, but I thought I'd ask as it'd be useful...
... Evert. ... us". ... great ... not ... to ... Anyway, ... me ... community ... know ... Here are some suggestions: Inhald fôge = to add content Bodskap...
Yes, I think so myself, in fact "lest" insteadof "latest" is unintended interference from Low Saxon... Ingmar ... â Š> > etc, but see all kind of strange signs...
So, what about a binding poll about the FS vowel system? Matt added some alternative systems that looked pretty coherent and regular, maybe someone else has...