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Re: CHAT: iron worlds (CHAT: Being both theologically correct etc

From:Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 4:45
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. ========================================= A mind which thinks at its own expense will always interfere with language. [J.G. Hamann 1760] =========================================