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Re: Vowels (was Umlaute, etc.)

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From: Michael Schwuchow
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 12:17
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karl@cs.cornell.edu (Karl F. Bohringer) writes:

>In article <675341960.18654@ontmoh.UUCP>, peter@ontmoh.UUCP (Peter Renzland) writes:
>|> In German the names of the vowels a e i o u are also their values.
>|> Wenn also jemand "a" sagt, dann ist "a" zugleich der Name, der Laut,
>|> und der Buchstabe.

There IS a difference between aah! and A-a. :-)

>Wenn ich "Bahn, Bann, Bass" sage, benutze ich drei verschiedene A-Laute.

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen den "a"s in Bann und Basz ?
Or do you say bane ??

Das gleiche gilt fuer Ofen - offen
		      Baer - Beere - Berg - Saerge
		      schief - Schiff
		      Schuld - Schule
		      Oefen - oeffnen
		      Buechse - Buecher

Micha
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From: Michael.Schwuchow@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Michael Schwuchow)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts,soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Vowels (was Umlaute, etc.)
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Date: 28 May 91 12:17:25 GMT
References: <1991May22.141034.12747@pbs.org> <RP7i32w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> <675341960.18654@ontmoh.UUCP> <1991May27.160754.28846@cs.cornell.edu>
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