Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> 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.
I was taught to say /Of@n/ or something like that (we used phonetics
very sparingly).
> Incidentally, I read that "forehead" was once pronounced something like
> /forId/, with the h being re-introduced.
That's how I was taught also! It seemed very strange to me at first,
until I got accustomed. Now you tell me it's wrong again? :)
--Pablo Flores
http://draseleq.conlang.org/