Re: Vowel Shift
| From: | Rob Haden <magwich78@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 23, 2006, 20:32 |
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:13:57 -0800, veritosproject@GMAIL.COM wrote:
>How many of you differentiate the vowels in "camp" and "cap"?
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>Mine (former Oregonian, now in Canada) come out somewhat like ['kj&mp]
>and [k&p].
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I seem to hear them as being slightly different, so I must pronounce them
slightly differently. Probably ['k&~mp] and ['k&p]. That is, the /m/
causes nasalization of the preceding vowel.
- Rob
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