Re: Status of Italian rising

Nik Taylor wrote:

>Tristan wrote:
>
>
>>That's probably just because you're only used to hearing the ay-vowel in
>>'data', I'm guessing.
>>
>>
>Actually, both /ej/ and /&/ are common.  Pedants insist on /&/.  I once
>had a teacher who insisted that /dejt@/ is the name of the Star Trek
>character and /d&t@/ was the common noun.  :-)
>
Oh, of course. No matter the vowel you put into the noun, the Star Trek
charracter gets the ay-vowel.

Tristan.