"Thomas R. Wier":
> Quoting John Cowan :
>
> > In general, there are fewer vowel reductions
> > and syncopations in AmE as well: "lavatory" has four syllables, only
> > the second and fourth of which are schwa.
>
> Eh? I pronounce that ['l&v@,tori], two perfect bimoraic trochees.
What an incontinent superfluity of trochees! I tersely confine myself to
a single one -- lavchree (or ['kAzi] or [bQg]).
--And.
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