Talk:Officer Jenny

Am I dealing with completely different pronunciation laws or something? Because to me, "Junsā" would be pronounced "jun-say", with the long a that the bar indicates--BJG

You've been entirely too far corrupted by English pronunciation. It is true, that once upon a time, the English long a was really a long a (say father. Now stretch that vowel, without changing its quality, and you get close to what a real long a is.) But, the power of sound change changed [a:] to [eI], which is its present value. (If you want to learn more, read up on the Great Vowel Shift.) - 振霖_T 09:53, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Only the sound in 'father' isn't a long a, it's an 'ah' sound.

Only in English (and a few other languages that happen to have had the same sound shifts) would a long a (and certainly not long [a], although long /a/ you may have a case) be pronounced [eI]. The International Phonetic Association definition of a long [a] is what I'm talking about, and it is remarkably close to the sound in father, as well as Junsā. (And if an ah sound is [a:], then how is the exclamatory ah pronounced? [a:] as well? Don't think so... That's why there's a phonetic alphabet for describing sounds without relying on certain pronounciations of certain words in English (which varies by region anyway).) - 振霖_T 12:48, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

(And if an ah sound is [a:], then how is the exclamatory ah pronounced? [a:] as well? Don't think so.. That's how I've always said it --BJG

Blastoise

when did she have one? Mooites 23:18, 30 August 2008 (UTC)