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Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Sunday, April 8, 2001, 7:08
In a message dated 4/7/01 9:10:00 PM, robert@APEXWOOD.COM writes:

<< Also, I don't think I have [@] (or is that [2]?), I have [V] everywhere.
At least, that's if IPA Help is anything to go by. >>

Actually, what's the deal with schwa and carrot?  I asked two of my
linguistics teachers, and all they can say is that carrot appears in stressed
syllables; schwa does not.  That can't be the only difference, can it?
Sometimes I pretend I can hear the difference, but it's hard to isolate...

-David

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Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
D Tse <exponent@...>
Fabian <lajzar@...>
Robert Hailman <robert@...>
Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>/@/ & /V/ (was: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences))