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Re: Evidence for Nostratic? (was Re: Proto-Uralic?)

From:Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 9, 2003, 19:48
 --- 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

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Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>'Canadian' raising [was Re: Evidence for Nostratic?]