Re: USAGE: English eth

I've only ever heard bequeath as /b@kwi:D/. That is, ever since I went to
great pains to hear a difference between [T] and [D].

Incidentally, are their dialects of English that have absolutely _no_
length at all in _any_ of their vowels? No lengthening of [&] (or
equivalent) before voiced consonants, tense vowels all short or
diphthongised, that kind of thing (although I'd prefer it to have tense
vowels all short).

Tristan


On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Padraic Brown wrote:

> I've heard both. I don't think I've ever had to say "bequeath",
> but it'd probably be with thorn.
>
> Padraic.
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > John Cowan wrote:
> > > bequeath
> >
> > I always hear that one with /T/
> >
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