Re: CHAT: iron worlds (CHAT: Being both theologically correct etc
| From: | Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 4:45 |
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At 1:14 am -0500 15/5/01, Eric Christopherson wrote:
>On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 03:19:18PM -0400, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>> Raymond Brown wrote:
>> >Here it [=iron] is /aI@n/ or /aI@_r/ in England, /aI@rn/ in Wales (except
>> >the
>> >coastal region of the S.E. where its /ajj@n/, the /j/ being a true
>> >consonant), and /aIr@n/ in Scotland. Note: /r/ in Wales & Scotland is
>> >trilled.
>>
>> Is "_r" in "/aI@_r/" supposed to indicate rhoticity?
>
>And is it usual not to pronounce /n/ in this context?
OOPs - another type. The /n/ is always pronounced.
It should've been /aI@`n/ - my apologies.
Ray.
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