Re: USAGE: [YAEPT] (was Re: "To whom")

I can only comment on "my dialect" here. :b

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:29:33 -0500, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

>No, my dialect definitely allows unstressed 'of'.  Scratch the [@]/[V]
>bit; chalk it up to overanalysis. :)
Personally I can't distinguish between /@/ and /V/.  In the Deep South,
stressed schwa (like in "gun") seems to be further back.  I definitely
pronounce "of" as [@v].

>Odd indeed.  Also homophonic with "metal" over here, of course.
"Meddle", "mettle", and "metal" are all pronounced the same by me. :D

>> * I also realised at a similar time that when I noticed that I
>> pronounced el (e.g. in elementary) as [&l],
>
>Ah, yes, alimentary school.
[ElI'mEn3r\i] here.

>> I say /k&iS/ (i.e. caish), but that's a spelling pronunciation.
[k&:S] here, it seems.

- Rob