Re: /N/ vs /Ng/ (was: Re: English notation)
From: | D Tse <exponent@...> |
Date: | Saturday, June 30, 2001, 10:18 |
>
> 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.
>
>-David
The Macquarie Dictionary I have says ungulate /VNgj@l@t, -leIt/ listed, and
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.
Imperative