Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

On Thursday 05 September 2002 14:02, you wrote:
> Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:
> > 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.
And while I pronounce it with shwa in two syllables, they're the second
and third (the third syllable hardly exists at all). But then I don't
speak American English (British-flavoured International English, more
like).

   Irina

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