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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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/,ju:ni´v3:.si.ti/

0What is the diference between /,00ju00:.ni´v3:.si.ti/ and /,00iu00:.ni´v3:.si.ti/ ??? 02br
00(I don't have phonetics symbols, so I've just improvised.) 02br
00Why /,00ju:00/? Why not /,00iu:00/? 02br
00A friend of mine is american and I can't realize the sound diference. 02br
00It's like in "You". it's phonetically 00/ju:/ (or /ja/) 00and not 00/iu:/00. 02br
00I just notice that it's a sound very close to "r","i" and "u" at the same time. It drives me crazy, but I just would like to know the sound diference. 02br
00I know that is very subtle but it exists. 02br
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0 Hi,02br 00well, phonetic transcriptions are usually not accurate. No dictionary gives you the exact IPA transcriptions, they usually simplify the transcription so that they can use a certain symbol for a certain sound, by convention. 02br 00Anyway, I think you are instead asking what's the difference between a /i/ sound (the one in "see") and a /j/ sound (the one in "you").

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  • 0 Hi,02br 00well, phonetic transcriptions are usually not accurate.
  • No dictionary gives you the exact IPA transcriptions, they usually simplify the transcription so that they can use a certain symbol for a certain sound, by convention.
  • 02br 00Anyway, I think you are instead asking what's the difference between a /i/ sound (the one in "see") and a /j/ sound (the one in "you").
  • Well, that's difficult to explain here.
  • I think you can distinguish the sound in "see" (/si/) from the one in "you" (/ju/), can't you?
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0 Hi,02br
00well, phonetic transcriptions are usually not accurate. No dictionary gives you the exact IPA transcriptions, they usually simplify the transcription so that they can use a certain symbol for a certain sound, by convention. So /iu/ and /ju/ could be considered the same, according to a certain convention.02br
00Anyway, I think you are instead asking what's the
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00What is the diference between /,ju:.ni´v3:.si.ti/ and /,iu:.ni´v3:.si.ti/ ??? 12blockquote
10The initial sound /j/ glides into the /u/ vowel very quickly in the first; the /i/ stops and makes its own sound before moving to the /u/ in the second case. In the the first case the tongue is held somewhat more closely to the roof of the mou
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0 I think I use something closer to [ʉ] or [ɯ] for /wi juz/, and use a more back and rounded [ u ] for "we ooze". 0-
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