Re: Spelling pronunciations
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 5:08 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
> Tristan Mc Leay scripsit:
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>> (I'll never believe anyone puts an /r/ in 'wash' until I've heard it
>> with my own ears and I'm satisfied they're not faking it :)
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> Oh yes. And the capital of our country is called by these particular
> Americans /wOr\SINt@n/. I've heard it with *my* own ears.
I'll vouch for it, too. Common in parts of the midwest. I think the |r| in
this formation is non retroflex, though, the /S/ drawn back to the post
palatal region by the |w|, which gives it its r-coloring. Strangely, I
don't think it extends to "watch." I've never heard "wortch."
Sally