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Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: KOK on 09 May 2013, 23:15 ---(the word pronounced hai is spelled hi)
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This just confused me, because to me the word "hi" is also pronounced "hi". The i is just long. If anything, it's pronounced "hae". The word that's pronounced "hai" is spelled "hay" or "hey".
Masterpiece:
At some point I stopped caring and just used the pronunciation that sounds right to me. I still speak better than most of my peers, and teachers. I have been told that I have a Welsh accent, but I beg to differ.
KOK:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 10 May 2013, 05:30 ---
--- Quote from: KOK on 09 May 2013, 23:15 ---(the word pronounced hai is spelled hi)
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This just confused me, because to me the word "hi" is also pronounced "hi". The i is just long. If anything, it's pronounced "hae". The word that's pronounced "hai" is spelled "hay" or "hey".
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Danish has imported this word, but spells it hej. The difference between this and haj, meaning shark, is in stress, not in vowel quality. As I hear the word, in either language, there is a glide from the a of dark to an i sound. Hey is very similar, but glides from the e of get to i. In my language this word would be spelled hæj.
A long i sound with no glide is heard in see or beach.
Method of Madness:
I guess it depends on language. In English, "see" uses a long e sound, not a long i sound.
KOK:
To me the vowel of see sounds just like the one of fit or ship, only longer.
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