Re: THEORY: counterpick (was: Re: THEORY: picking nits)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 2, 1999, 23:20 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
> I've been watching this thread since I rejoined the list... I was wondering,
> how do rules such as these take into account different dialects and accents?
> For instance, some people in New York regularly pronounce /r=/ as [oi] when
> stressed, thus <verb> /vr=b/ [voib].
Well, I'd say that that accent simply doesn't have that restriction. I
seriously doubt that there are ANY phonological rules that apply to
EVERY dialect.
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