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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Front rounded vowels

Nick: Who knew that French had mid-front rounded vowels? I thought only German and various petty Scandinavian languages indulged in such extravagance. What did I learn those four years in California public school? Well, I tell you what I didn't learn: how to pronounce mieux correctly.




Posted by Nick at 1:28 AM

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