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Re: Con-prescriptivism

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Monday, March 29, 1999, 0:21
Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
> FFlores wrote: > > > > _bramar, bramres_ (syncopes the middle -a-) > > You might want to consider an epinthetic -b- here, especially if your > "r" is a tap. This is similar to the evolution of the Spanish future > forms tendre', pondre', etc. (tenere' --> tenre' --> tendre')
I thought so. Indeed there could be an epenthetic -b- in some idiolects. But I'm perfectly capable of pronouncing /mr/ (and yes, "r" is a flap), sometimes with a marked syllable break /'bram.res/, so I figured the Dra'selhadh should be too :) (For some reason this is not the case with /nr/, but in most words Drasele'q changes /nr/ to /nd/.) --Pablo Flores * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Lily Tomlin