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

> [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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