--- 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),
>...
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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