Re: [T] -> [f] (was: Chinese Dialect Question)

Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> However, an actual change in the quality of a phoneme seems more
> drastic - I know it is constantly happening, really, but it's the sort
> of thing that I tend to imagine taking place over vast historical time
> periods, kind of like biological evolution, not something I
> expect to see around me.
Next time you travel to Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo,
Detroit, Flint, Gary, or Chicago, try asking a kid why "Ian" is a sissy
name for a boy.  (Answer: because in Northern Cities Chain Shift locales,
"Ann" is pronounced [i@n].)

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Real FORTRAN programmers can program FORTRAN    John Cowan
in any language.  --Allen Brown                 jcowan@reutershealth.com

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