The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs

Mithalwen · 11-07-2007, 03:00 PM

[QUOTE=Legate of Amon Lanc;535520]Yes, leg, good one, how come I did not think of that.

"Legget" is probably the closest. But isn't lay, without the y, sounding the same? I mean, the vowel? Maybe a little bit longer..QUOTE]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/legate

No in British English it is quite a different sound - lay has a long pure vowel, leg has a short vowel so far in the back of the mouth that it is practically a gentle clearing of the throat. The mouth is in a completely different shape. If I say Legate with the lay sound I feel like I am auditioning for Minnie Driver's role in "The Riches"

11-07-2007, 03:00 PM	#867
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	[QUOTE=Legate of Amon Lanc;535520]Yes, leg, good one, how come I did not think of that. "Legget" is probably the closest. But isn't lay, without the y, sounding the same? I mean, the vowel? Maybe a little bit longer..QUOTE] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/legate No in British English it is quite a different sound - lay has a long pure vowel, leg has a short vowel so far in the back of the mouth that it is practically a gentle clearing of the throat. The mouth is in a completely different shape. If I say Legate with the lay sound I feel like I am auditioning for Minnie Driver's role in "The Riches" __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace