Re: OT: Phonetics (IPA)

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:48:37 +0100 Joe <joe@...> writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steg Belsky" <draqonfayir@...>
> > Would a schwa-offglide pronounciation [klO@] count as a diphthong?
> > :-)
> I suppose...
> Hmmm...Brooklyn?  From what little I've heard on TV, at a guess.
-

Well, i don't have a 'real' Brooklyn accent, but i'm pretty sure [O@] is
a feature of many New York City area pronunciations, including Long
Island ("Lawng Guyland") and Flushing... maybe Jersey too, but i'm not
that good with accents and exact phonetic values.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "*you're* long island!"
 "i wish - then i'd be 120 miles long..."
     ~ conversation over the phone between a friend of my brother's and
him