Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> > 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.
Oops.  I changed the example and didn't fix the text.

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