Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly ChineseDialectQuestion)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 6, 2003, 3:39 |
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On 6 Oct 2003 at 0:32, michael poxon wrote:
> Leominster (Britain) is in Herefordshire and pronounced /lemst@/. We
> have some strange place-names around this neck of the woods too, with
> such gems as Happisburgh /hejzbr@/ and Stiffkey /stu:ki/ though Norfolk
> voiceless stops are actually more voiced than voiceless. Mike > > and a
> Leominster (/lEmInst@r/ or /lEmInst@/ with the accent on
>
Don't forget the wonderful personal and family name
"Chalmondley" /tSVmli/, from which we deduce that in British
English, the word "almond" is pronounced /Vm/
Paul
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