Re: USAGE: 2nd pers. pron. for God
| From: | Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 12, 2002, 21:27 |
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--- Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...> wrote:
> >Interesting. Do you have a pronunciation difference
> >between "mention"
> >and "men shun"? I believe I do, and make it
> >["mEnS@n]/["mEnSn=] and
> >["mEn"SVn], respectively. So that's kind-of a
> >minimal pair for me (not
> >quite, because different stress is involved).
>
> I think I do "mention" as ["mEnSIn]/["mEnSn=]
> (depending on stress) and
> "men shun" as ["mEnS@n]. Interesting.
> Lect-comparisons are fun. :)
Indeed they are! Mine are /'mEntSn/ (mention) and
/mEn'SVn/ or /'mEnSVn/ (men shun).
> Arthaey
/tSijrz/,
Padraic.
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