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From: Michael Schierl <schierlm-usenet@gmx.de>
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CJRandall <colin@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Joaquim G�ndara writes
>>"Michael Schierl" <schierlm-usenet@gmx.de> skrev i meddelandet
>>news:a5u3ko$a4023$1@ID-39741.news.dfncis.de

>>> urinal /'j(u)er(ie)n(e)l, j(u)'ra(i)- || 'j(u)r(ie)-/
>>
>>    / |   o                                     _        /
>>   /      _  __  __   __  _ __   |  _ __   __    |      /
>>  /       |   /  \   /  \ |/  \  |  |/  \    \   |     /
>> /        |  (    ) (---' |      _  |   | .---)  |    /
>>/         |   \__/   \__  |     __\ |   | \__/  _|_  /
>>       |__|                     \_/
>>
>>Anyone else want to do the rest?
>>
>>-jg
>>
>i have this:
>
>           o                                 /    \  _
>           _  __  __ | _ __   __    _ _ __  / __   \  |
>           |   /  \    |/  \  /\    | |/  \ |    \  | |
>           |  (    )   |     /  \   | |   | | .---) | |
>           |   \__/    |   _/_  _\_ | |   | \ \__/ / _|_
>        |__|                                 \    /
                            ^^^^^^^^^^ 
>(a 'posh' way perhaps?)

Oh, right, now i see that the (e) before the last l was printed in
italics.

And in the "pronunciation table" there is 

   __                              __
     |                               \
 .---)  described as "means that  .---) may or may not be used."
 |_.'                             \__/


 And the "diphthong" I underlined in your example is not there in my
dictionary at all.

  __   _
 '  \  |   is described as "as in the word lie"
 .---) |                                    ^^
 \__/\ |


So I think this is equivalent to 


      /     o         |                           _         /
     /      _  __  __   _ __   __   _ _ __    __   |       /
    /       |   /  \    |/  \ '  \  | |/  \     |  |      /
   /        |  (    )   |     .---) | |   | .---)  |     /
  /         |   \__/    |     \__/\ | |   | |_.'  _|_   /
 /       |__|                                          /

in my dictionary


>
>           o                              /    \  _
>           _  __  __  __   _ __  _ _ __  / __   \  |
>           |   /  \     \  |/  \ | |/  \ |    \  | |
>           |  (    ) .---) |     | |   | | .---) | |
>           |   \__/  \__/  |     | |   | \ \__/ / _|_
>        |__|                              \    /
>(a more common way)

except the 
   _
   |                                _                 __
   |                                |                /  \
   _  means that some speakers use  |  and some use (---'
  __\                               |                \__
  \_/

equivalent to my form above:

      / |   o                      _              _        /
     /      _  __  __   __  _ __   |  _ __    __   |      /
    /       |   /  \   /  \ |/  \  |  |/  \     |  |     /
   /        |  (    ) (---' |      _  |   | .---)  |    /
  /         |   \__/   \__  |     __\ |   | |_.'  _|_  /
 /       |__|                     \_/                 /


And the American spelling right of the || seems not to be present in
your "oxford" dictionary.

>oxford university press:
>isbn 0-19-860259-6
>isbn 0-19-860287-1

Langenscheidt-Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
3rd Edition 1995
ISBN 3-526-50808-9 (Hardcover)
ISBN 3-526-50809-7 (Softcover)

(The cover is in German, but inside it is English only...)

Michael