Re: THEORY: Semivowels

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Eric Christopherson wrote:
> > Interesting... what English words do you pronounce with [j_0]? I've never
> > heard of it.
>
> Words like "human", "huge", etc., which have /h/ followed by /ju/, thus
> "human" = [j_0um@n]  (note: I wasn't thinking of those words in my last
> response).
>
> In my many attempts at Future English, I've always projected that
> evolving to /C/, so /j_0um@n/ --> /Cum@n/, which later becomes /S/, thus
> /Sum@n/ (which subsequently becomes /Sumn=/, then /Sum/ or /Sun/ by
> dialect)
>
        When I was learning English in High School, my teacher pronounced such
words with /C/ (human /Cum@n/), and I think it has influenced my way of
speaking English. But as neither her nor me are native speakers...


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