Re: Rhoticity and other stuff.
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 2, 2004, 3:58 |
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On 1 Feb 2004 at 22:25, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Mark J. Reed wrote:
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> > There is no rhoticized 'u' in my 'lect; it becomes either
> > [O`r\] ("poor") or [r\=] ("purr"), but the same thing applies. The
> > vowel sound gradually shifts into the sound of the sonorant r.
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> You say 'pure' as [pjO`r\]?
Sounds plausible enough. I do something very like that. Maybe with an
/o`/ instead of an /O`/
I suspect, though, that Mark pronounces [pjr\=], at best guess, or
maybe even [pjr\=:] ?
Paul