Re: YAEPT: "restaurant" et sim

> On 11/13/06, Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:
> > 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].
My dia/idiolect pretty much agrees with those; except the final a of
restaurant is closer to A or Q, and short; and > [@] in casual use; fast
speech, maybe the -t > [?] is a C-initial word follows, or phrase-final; but
it may simply be an unreleased [t]

My middle syl. V of ambulance is closer to [@].

Family pronunciation: occasional ['&mbli@ns] after my sister's childhood
speech :-))).

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