Re: [wEr\ Ar\ ju: fr6m] ?

John Cowan wrote:

>Herman Miller scripsit:
>
>> I thought it might be cool to make a list of phonetic
>> transcriptions of the home towns of Conlang list members.
>
>I was born in Montclair [mAN'kleIR], New Jersey [nu:'dzR:zi] in the
>United States {ju'Es] and now live in New York [nu:'jORk].  In all
>cases, [R] = General American r.

Not a native, but I've always heard [mA~?kleIR].....My birthplace used to
flummox a lot on non-midwesterners-- Sioux Falls [su:'fQlz] (South Dakota);
County Minnehaha [mIni'hAhA] was always good for a laugh too.  Sioux Falls,
even when it had only 30-40,000 souls, could boast of being the largest city
in 5 states; now with over 100,000, it still can.  On her last visit there
in 1985, my mother-- already a little dotty-- wondered, "what do all these
people do?"