Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

Agreed.  IM(E)L, <vacuum> is bisyllabic /'v&k.jum/ even though
<continuum> is tetrasyllabic /k@n'tIn.ju.@m/, and Latinate plurals in
-ii are pronounced with -/i.aj/.



On 5/26/08, li_sasxsek@nutter.net <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
>> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan McLeay
>
>> I think he actually address that to me. I was not aware anyone
>> pronounced "vacuum" in any way other than with two syllables and it
>> hadn't really occurred to me that it was possible (because in my speech,
>> /u\:/ is retracted slightly before vowels --- reflecting the more
>> centralised POA of the epenthetic [w] added).
>
> Yes, [v{.kjum] but "continuum" would have an extra syllable [k@n.tIn.ju.@m].
>
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