Re: USAGE: Thorn vs Eth
| From: | Josh Brandt-Young <vionau@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 10, 2002, 23:55 |
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on 7/10/02 9:25 AM, Andrew Chaney at adchaney@MAC.COM wrote:
> on 9/7/02 23:57, Robert B Wilson (han_solo55@JUNO.COM) wrote:
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>> I was wondering: is there anyone who actually pronounces sixth as /sIksT/
>> like every dictionary I've seen says? For some reason I have a hard time
>> pronouncing /sT/.
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> I do. It's terribly difficult, but how else am I to pronouce it?
After realising that I seem to be saying [sIks:], I checked with my
girlfriend -- she also elides the [T] except in really careful speech.
Wow, my idiolect has phonemic consonant length! :)
-Josh
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