Re: YAEPT: "restaurant" et sim

American here, too (in case anyone didn't know).  I pronounce "restaurant"
as ['r\Est,ra(:)nt_}], "lavatory" as ['l&v@,t_hOr\i(:)], and "ambulance"
as ['&mbju,l@ns].  It seems like the distinction is where the secondary
stress lies.  "Restaurant" has secondary stress on the ultima,
while "lavatory" and "ambulance" have it on the penultima.

- Rob

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