Re: /N/ vs /Ng/ (was: Re: English notation)

DigitalScream@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/30/01 3:18:55 AM, exponent@TECHNOLOGIST.COM writes:
>
> << The Macquarie Dictionary I have says ungulate /VNgj@l@t, -leIt/ listed, and

And my question is does anyone in Australia actually say /VNgj@l@t/?
(also: Do any aussies say /tjun/, as the Macquarie seems to suggest we
all do? And do any have an unrounded /3:/?)

> I'm pretty sure that a dongle is a technical term for a little hardware
> plugin that renders some specially written software unusable unless it is
> plugged in. >>
>
>     Whoa-ho, wait a minute, now I'm TOTALLY lost.  I just looked up
> "ungulate", and it did NOT have ANY meaning I've ever associated it with.  Is
> there any word that sounds like "ungulate" which means to move up in down in
> a jerky manner, like to describe the way an octopus swims through water?  It
> ungulates, or so I thought...  :(....
>
Undulate, maybe (see an ealier message of mine).


And a few other questions that i asked in something i re-wrote and deleted:
Is there some way of writing an unstressed vowel in isolation?
(unstressed /i:/, for eg)
How do you right barred o, barred u, and barred i in XSAMPA (or where is
the XSAMPA webpage, or both)

Tristan

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