Re: OT: Phonetics (IPA)

 --- John Cowan wrote:
> Roger Mills scripsit:
(...)
> >  So there's a juncture in 'cat shit', but not in 'catch it'
> > (the classic ex. is night rate vs. nitrate),
> Don't forget the third case:  "Nye trait".  (...)
> Here's a good long list of such things:
> http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/4/4-481.html

Good Old Canadian raising makes my "Nye trait" [naItreIt] sound
completely different from "nitrate" and "night rate" [nVItreIt],
because of the word boundary.  I LIKE CANADIAN RAISING :-) It's
probably my favourate phonological process :-)

Estel

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