MS> GP> Yup, it does -- I can hear the diphthong, sounds like
"eu" to my ear...
MS>
MS> It is no diphtong.
MS> And it is no nasal sound (as you suggested in the email). The only
MS> difference is in the tension and the form of the lips, which are *very*
MS> slightly more open when forming the "u" (as in "to
put). You don't need no
MS> nose to speak it. So even with a cold one can speak the "�".. what a
MS> relief. :-)
MS>
MS> But anyway, I think it is more difficult to describe it than to speak it.

No doubt if I grew up with the sound, it'd be natural to me -- but for now it
sounds much like the Japanese diphthong that's transliterated as "ue"

But I think I'm tone-deaf anyway(or so those who've heard my attempts to sing
would enthusiastically agree!)

Because I care,
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