Re: /N/ vs /Ng/ (was: Re: English notation)
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 30, 2001, 22:58 |
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On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, tristan alexander mcleay wrote:
> > Just a few quams here... "Bangor" has no /g/ for me, though, I must
> > admit, I don't know anyone from said city, so if I find out they pronounce it
> > that way, I might. Is "dongle" really a word? "Ungulate" is definitely
> > /VndZulejt/, mabye with a little /j/ in between the /dZ/ and the /u/. But,
> > yeah, I was just thinking up examples, and I'm sure everyone knows that
> > feeling.
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> what? Really with the /dZ/? I'd spell /andZ@l&it/, which'd be my closest
> equivalent pronuciation, as <undulate> (or is it <unjulate>?) Actually,
> I don't think i've ever heard the word ungulate, pronounced anyhowly,
> ever before. What's it mean?
IIRC like a cloven-hoofed animal.
-------ferko
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