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Re: USAGE: (sorry YAEPT) /wIT/ or /wID/

From:Jonathan Knibb <jonathan_knibb@...>
Date:Friday, December 8, 2006, 18:25
Roger Mills wrote:
> in my rather long life I've seldom heard and (probably) never used
[wiD] and Daniel Prohaska wrote:
> In England most people I've heard have /wID/ (or [wID]). I, myself
have /wID/ and /wID"aUt/. Seconded. If somebody had said to me (in a British accent), "What does the word /wIT/ mean?", I would probably have said I'd never heard of it. I'm 30 and have lived in central and southern England all my life - though shortly to move to the North, so expect lots of YAEPTs from me! Jonathan. ==

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