Re: USAGE: (sorry YAEPT) /wIT/ or /wID/
| From: | daniel prohaska <danielprohaska@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 8, 2006, 12:02 |
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Hi Benct,
I don't know about Anglo-Irish, but USEnglish has [wIT] as an alternate
pronunciation of [wID]. the latter form is listed first in "A Pronouncing
Dictionary of American English" by Kenyon/Knott, but with the explicit
statement that [wIT] is not substandard. I think I've also heard [w@T] in
Scottish English and Ulster Anglo-Irish has strong connections with Scots
and Scottish English, so I wouldn't be surprised if this were true of Bono's
speech. Though maybe he is Americanising his pop-singing-accent like many
other UK pop artists and going for the US [wiT]-pronunciation.
Dan
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From: Benct Philip Jonsson
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:19 AM
I'm listening to Bono of U2 singing [wIT o` wIT@ut ju] (thereby probably
showing my age...) what I'm wondering about is the voiceless [T] in both
"with" and "without; is this an Irish thing? I note that it's a clear
fricative and not [t_d], so he's not a stereotypical Irishman in *that*
respect.
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