Re: [Espeak-general] eSpeak problem with English @U phoneme combination

[Reece D. <ms...@go...>]

2009/8/13 Jonathan Duddington <jo...@js...>:
> On 11 Aug, Reece Dunn <ms...@go...> wrote:
>
>> My OALD 7th ed. does not have immunoglobulin, but does have immuno-*
>> words that it transcribes with /@U/ as you have listed.
>
>> IIUC, the /@U/ is supposed to transcribe an 'oh' sound (but not quite,
>> as /@/ is shorter). Looking at the transcription for abalone, the OALD
>> references /@U/ for RP and /oU/ for GA english.
>
> Yes.  The eSpeak phoneme name for the vowel in "goat" is [oU].  This is
> because I try to use the same spelling-to-phoneme translation for
> British and American English (with a few exceptions such as "tomato"
> and "missile").  But the sound eSpeak's [oU] phoneme in its default
> British English is an [@U] sound (or monothong [o:] in the Northern
> variant).

Ok, makes sense.

> The "r" sound which eSpeak inserts between phoneme [@] and a following
> vowel is called "intrusive R".  It also inserts an "R" after phonemes
> [A:] "start" [O@] "force"  [3:] "nurse" if they are followed by a vowel.

Ah yes, the "intrusive R"!

Thanks for the information.
- Reece