Re: USAGE: Fänyläjikyl Inglyx

Thomas R. Wier:
>
> And Rosta wrote:
>
> > Conceivably -- I have not verified this -- I have a four-way phonetic
> > length distinction in these cases:
> >     [pIs] 'piss', [fI:s] 'fizz', [fI::s] 'fierce', [fI:::s] 'fears'
> > but whatever the phonetics, the phonology is straightforward.
>
> Are you sure you don't have a schwa-offglide there?  I
> don't think I've heard of a nonrhotic dialect that has
> a phonetic merger of the original /r/ into simple lengthening.
For me, realization of /I@/ is anything from [i(j)%] (where % is turned
a) to pure monophthongal [I:].

> Do you really pronounce word final <z> as [s]?  That's
> most interesting... final devoicing...
I certainly don't perceive it as [s]. I perceive it as [z]. But I'm
not sure how much that is due to there really being voicing during the
segment and how much it is due to the duration of the preceding
vowel. I know that the latter is more the case for plosives, but
for other obstruents I don't know. I'd really have to record myself
and then isolate the final segment, in order to know. BTW, this
phenomenon is not a putative peculiarity of mine; it's supposed to
obtain for English accents in general.

--And.