At 15:19 16/06/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>DE = Dirk Elzinga
>
>DE> Attention:
>DE>
>DE> This is *not* the beginning of an English Pronunciation Thread. If you
>DE> insist on turning it into one, I cannot be held responsibile
>
>Well, it's hard to discuss the quantity - er, rather, the number
>of English vowels without talking about vagaries of pronunciation. :)
>But I agree, let's not go off on another "in MY idiolect. . ." tangent.
>
This seems like a good point to propose Bleackley's Law of English
Pronunciation.
Somebody Says It Differently.
Pete