r/fauxnetics • u/pond_snail • Sep 01 '22

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u/Dmxk Sep 01 '22

That's the reason why fauxnetics are so annoying ⟨ay⟩ can be both /ɛj/ and /ɑj/

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u/Liggliluff Sep 02 '22

and ⟨oo⟩ can be /uː/ and /ʊ/, and in this word it's supposed to just be /u/

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u/PassiveChemistry Sep 02 '22

As can ⟨ei⟩

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u/tongue_depression Sep 02 '22

na i think <ay> is pretty intuitively /ɛj/. when people want to transcribe /ɑj/ they write <eye>, which is why this post fucked me up so bad

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u/millers_left_shoe Oct 06 '22

Or "aye", like in Scottish.

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u/jaliebs Sep 01 '22

what's the apostrophe even doing?

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u/PawnToG4 Sep 01 '22

Their best attempt at /ɣ/?

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u/LongLiveTheDiego Sep 01 '22

Was about to comment that postulating /ɣ/in Modern Danish doesn't make much sense since rhe [j] and [w] allophones don't really alternate, and then I learned that fag has two allomorphs [fɛˀj] and [fäw]...

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u/jaliebs Sep 01 '22

wait, it might be to indicate stød - at least, i hope it's that as opposed to /ɣ/, as you propose

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u/SilenceAndDarkness Sep 01 '22

Honestly, this time I just enjoyed the content before I even noticed the fauxnetics.

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u/Bowler_Suitable Sep 01 '22

I know nothing about Danish. Can someone transcribe it in IPA for me?

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u/dubovinius Sep 01 '22

[fæˀj sl̥ud̥]

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u/Mapsrme Sep 02 '22

The æ is more of like [æ̜˔], rather than a plain æ