Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Thomas Leigh wrote:

> FWIW, in MA we also have a Gloucester (/glAst@r/ or /glAst@/)
> and a Leominster (/lEmInst@r/ or /lEmInst@/ with the accent on
> the first syllable, however you represent that in the
> hideousness that is X-SAMPA) -- I assume the latter is an
In X-Sampa, with a preceeding " but we tend to use CXS, which supports
either " or ' so that /'lEmInstr=/ and /"lEmInstr=/ would both be
understood.

> (BTW, I'm not sure of /@r/ -- how exactly do you represent the
> AmE syllabic rhotic thingy in words like "butter", "copper",
> "mister", etc.? That's what I was looking for.)
= is the syllabicity diacritic, so /r=/ is what you're looking for.

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