Cantonese : which character to use for the sound "mi"

[Myriam]

...as in the pronoun "me".

[hkl8324]

阿咩?(I can not hear this even I am a native speaking of Cantonese)話我把聲好好聽

阿咩?话我把声好好听

I think you mean 「咩」

[Quest]

It's pronounced "me" as in "medical", not the pronoun "me".

咩 contraction of 乜嘢 = 什么东西

[Myriam]

The dictionary I use doesn't have the files for the "mi" and "mit" sounds so I used the "min" sound instead :

MinJam.mp3

[文言訓開班]

It sounds like 吖咩一话我....吖现好好听.

咩 is just /me1/, could be just the sound of "sheep bleeting" (chinese hanyu dictionary definition). in the above sentence, though, it's definitely 咩=乜野=什么

[Quest]

Myriam, I think I am having difficulties understanding you..

[skylee]

This is what I've heard from the sound files -

1st sound file - 阿"咩音"話我把聲好好聽。 -> 阿"咩音" says my voice is very nice.

2nd sound file - 滅音 (mit yum) -> literally it means to extinguish the noise

I guess Myriam is trying to transliterate the name "Myriam" to Cantonese. But both "咩音" and "滅音" are very odd if they are names. "美音" could be a good alternative.

美音.wav

[CheukMo]

That's a very good transliteration for Myriam, sound wise, if that's what she's looking for.

卓武

[Myriam]

滅 is in 6th tone whereas 棉 ("Min" as in "MinJam.mp3")is in 4th tone.

Only (intellectual) dishonesty (= mauvaise foi in French; dishonest and misleading conduct) could make a native Cantonese person supposedly mistake one for the other.

[skylee]

Well said.

[Myriam]

My disdain to you too. Ha!