Tuesday, October 5, 2010

How To Say [mɪʃɛl]

My name is Michelle but it sounds more like “mishell” . While in Nagaland if I were to transcribe it to a linguist utilizing the International Phonetic Association chart it would look like [mɪʃɛl]. The initial consonant sound [m] is a voiced, nasal, bilabial, followed by the rhyme [ɪ] which is a high front vowel. Then there’s a voiceless, palatal, fricative [ʃ] which in turn is followed by a mid front vowel of [ɛ] and the ending consonant sound [l] is a voiced, liquid alveolar [mɪʃɛl]. Now, if I were to explain it to a local from the country of Nagaland then my explanation would be quite different. First you would have to make the beginning sound of mmmamma, by putting your lips together and then slightly opening your mouth to make the beginning sound of “iiidiot” then you would have to make a “ssshh” sound like if your trying to tell someone to be quiet. And lastly the ending sound to my name would be just like the letter “L” as the beginning of “EELLephant”

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