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Re: USAGE: Language revival

From:nicole perrin <nicole.eap@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 30, 1999, 2:04
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > nicole perrin wrote: > > That's a hypercorrection? What is it "supposed" to be? (I've always > > said /OftIn/, or something like that) > > I say it /AfIn/ or /AftIn/, both forms, but usually the t-less form. > > Incidentally, I read that "forehead" was once pronounced something like > /forId/, with the h being re-introduced. >
My father (who speaks a strange variety of americanized british (plymouth) english) always says /forId/ or /forEd/, and I always thought that that was the original way, and that Americans re-introduced the h. But I still always say the h, unless I'm speaking very quickly. Nicole