Re: Schwas in America
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 2:55 |
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From: "Emily Zilch" <emily0@...>
> { Andreas Johansson }
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> "I'm afraid I've got a schwa in the first syllable of 'America' (when
> speaking English) [snip]"
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> to tie off this snarky flamebait, let me note that many people have a
> schwa in BOTH [a]s of "America" when speaking English, or even have
> only one ("Merr'cuh").
LOL! I've been thinking about all the swallowed syllables in the English I
speak. When speaking to the cat, "Look out!" always comes out /kout/.
Often with a swallowed final "t". When responding to something I say, my
husband generally responds /m'ke/ for "okay." There's always that little
weird "m." I shouldn't complain. He could say "nope!"
It's a word the derivation of which I wonder about. Whence the final "p"?
An exaggerated glottal stop?
Sally
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