Re: Weekly Vocab 6: to know

James Worlton wrote:

>--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>>So, for instance, all of these "can"s sound alike
>>(specifically, like
>>[k&n]):
>>
>>        Can you can?
>>        Yes, I can!
>>        Ah, but can you Can-Can?
>>
/k&nj@ "k&:n/, /jes ai "k&n/ or /jes ai "k&:n/, /a: b@t k&nj@
"k&:n"k&:n/ or /"k&:N"k&:n/

>>
>>As do both of these "have"s ([h&v]):
>>
>>        I have done it.
>>        I have it.
>>
>>
>>
>What about the equivalent 'to need to':
>          I have to get me one of those...
>
/aiv "dan@t/ (not */ai h&v dan@t/), /ai "h&v@t/, and /ai"j&ft@ "ge(t)mij
wan@ D8u\s/, though I'd probably normally skip the 'me'.

>I don't know the correct way to show the phonetics,
>but it seems to me that the pronunciation is different
>than the two earlier examples (at least the way I say
>it, and from the way I've heard it from others).
>
Generally, there /v/ of 'have' is influenced by the /t/ of 'to' and
becomes an /f/ (which is the unvoiced sound. In some dialects, this may
result in a changed pronunciation of the vowel before it (length,
quality, diphthongalness, or a combination of them). As illustrated
above, I say [(j)&ft@] or [h&ft@] depending on the word before it. Your
milage will almost certainly very.


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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>