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Re: USAGE: pronouncing "l", "needs washed"

From:Grandsire, C.A. <grandsir@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 8, 1999, 8:23
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Ed Heil wrote: > > > > My wife (an eastern Iowan by birth) pronounces the "l" in "walk" and > > "talk." Sounds really weird to me. > > Hmm, so if you leave out the "l" in "walk", does that mean it's a > perfect homophone for "wok" for you? To me, they're *near* homophones, > because I say /wAlk/ and /wAk/. >
Well, my pronunciation may not be very worth knowing because I'm not a native speaker, but I learned to pronounce "walk" with a long vowel (something like /wo:k/) whereas I pronounce "wok" with a short vowel (/wAk/ or /wOk/). -- Christophe Grandsire Philips Research Laboratories -- Building WB 145 Prof. Holstlaan 4 5656 AA Eindhoven The Netherlands Phone: +31-40-27-45006 E-mail: grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com