On 11/13/06, Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:
> American here, too (in case anyone didn't know).
"American" covers a multitude of sins^H^H^H^Hlocales. Whereabouts did
you grow up/do you live?
> I pronounce "restaurant" as ['r\Est,ra(:)nt_}], "lavatory" as ['l&v@,t_hOr\i(:)], and
>" ambulance" as ['&mbju,l@ns].
Thanks for the input! I didn't really need the phonetic detail, but
it's interesting. You really have a [t_}] at the end of "restaurant"?
I have a [?] there.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>