Talk:Cantonese/Pronunciation

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I think I have a reasonable suggestion for the Finals section The line:

aau	ow as in "bow"

Is that 'bow' as in a knot ('Tie a bow in the ribbon') or 'bow' as in the front of a ship?

In the first case you could use 'rainbow' and in the second case you could probably use 'power' to prevent any confusion.

- I think I'm going to try to incorporate some IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols in here. I think it'll be helpful for people who have experience with IPA. Of course, I'm going to leave the current examples for people who don't use IPA. AlexNg 01:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Some of this Yale is being mis-explained. Here are some changes I'm making. Let me say, thank GOODNESS it's Yale that's being used here. It's by far the clearest system around. The other romanisations are bizarre, unnatural, and/or difficult.
 * b - as in 'spa'... this takes away the aspiration from the b sound. This may be barely more correct (not even sure about that), but the difference is really not noticeable, and it's not worth the confusion.  Just use a regular b example.
 * d - as in 'stick'... same issue of unnecessary confusion. Use a regular d.
 * g - same thing.
 * j - z as in Mozart... this is partially correct. It's not a standard j, but it's not strictly that dz as in Mozart.
 * ch - cats... also a blend.
 * gw - same faux non-aspiration.
 * aau - good comment earlier.
 * aam - no l sound...
 * aan - pawn has too much of an o sound.

Uh... et cetera. You can check the history page for the rest. Please add your corrections if you think I got it wrong. Agkcrbs (talk) 23:51, 30 July 2008 (UTC)