Re: Evidence for Nostratic? (was Re: Proto-Uralic?)
| From: | Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 9, 2003, 19:48 |
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--- Steven Williams wrote:
> You see this very thing in making fun of the
> Canadians, who are stereotyped as saying [@."bu-t]
> (or, if you're going to extremes, [@."byt]) for
> /about/, when they really say something like
> [@."bOUt]. Standard USAian is [@.'baUt], by the way.
>
> [wIr u-t n=d @."bu-t In DV hu-s wIT mI mu-s]
Actually, what we really say is more like [@."bVUt] [VU] appears
before voiceless consonants, while [aU] appears before voiced
consonants. Part of a phenomenon known as Canadian raising.
Estel
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