Re: inaudible (:)) vowels
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 23, 1998, 0:26 |
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lucasso wrote:
> is there any universal rule?
> does some vowels more often disapear than other ones?
Schwa tends to be lost frequently, but other than that, I don't know.
I'd guess that /a/ would tend to be susceptible to loss, but that's
*only* a guess.
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