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Re: Rhyming Conlangs

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Monday, October 15, 2001, 0:54
>From: David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> >Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:26:45 EDT > >In a message dated 10/14/01 5:42:39 AM, irina@VALDYAS.ORG writes: > ><< (I'd probably hear 'alien nation' as 'alienation' in > >the first case) >> > > HEY!!! That's a minimal pair with alveolar nasal stop and alveolar >nasal >tap! Let's see if I can transcribe: > >"alien nation": ['e5ijIneSIn] >"alienation": ['e5lijIn_ReSIn] > > (I'm using [n_R] for a nasal tap--what's the symbol?) > >-David
Hmm. There's more differences than what you've noted, at least for me. alien nation: [ejlijInneS@n] with long or gemminate n alienation: [ejlij@neS@n] How do others pronounce this pair? Adam _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp