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Bits in Scottish = badge in Danish

2011/07/06 10:07


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Originally uploaded by jemsweb

I’ve struggled with the phonetic realisation of /ɪ/ in Scottish English (i.e., the vowel in words such as bit) for a long time. I keep thinking it should be some sort of [ɪ], but it’s clearly much more open than that.

It helped a bit when a person called Pete commented on John Wells’s Phonetic Blog that it ought to be transcribed as /ɐ/ rather than /ɪ/, but it only really clicked into place this morning.

Anna (often called Bits by Phyllis and the rest of the family) picked up an orange nursery badge. I said in Danish: “Amaia, det er et badge.” Anna exclaimed: “It’s called the same as me! [Danish] /b̥æd̥s(j)/ – [Scottish English] /bɪts/”

I now need to test this theory, namely that Danes can accurately imitate the pronunciation of Scottish English and Scots /ɪ/ by using a Danish /æ/.

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