Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 30, 1999, 1:15 |
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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.
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