You've brought up an interesting point about the subtle difference. The vowel does have a tongue position between /e/ and /i/, and we can say it's a separate vowel with /r/ coloring.
竹声 发表于 2012-4-21 17:03 : J( a- A2 l: ]9 r; B5 n0 s, Z1 zYou've brought up an interesting point about the subtle difference. The vowel does have a tongue pos ...
, g! s9 |/ g; }! fThanks for your confirmation. Sometimes I am not sure if I catch English sounds precisely, so I would like to check with folks here. I know some of them are very good at it.