Re: Noo/Nih Yauk (was: Futurese)

Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
>>>
"many americans" pronounce New York as Noo York?  I thought it was
(almost?) all Americans, especially those of us who live there!  We don't
pronounce it that way because we "can't" articulate [nj] or [J], but
because that's just how we talk.
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no guilty, Your Honour!
my g/f is specializing in teaching languages to "difficult"--yet not
disabled--children. me to her: "i've got this cool phonology i think most
people can pronounce and differentiate". her: "[nj]? that's definitely not
easy to pronounce for americans." me: "yeah but it's never
initial---(grumble)". i was disappointed but happy to learn something. she's
"trilingual"(?) with hebrew, american english and spanish so it's difficult
for me to argue with her this kind of stuff. as we say in french: "you
always find your master eventually." but now that you native tell me i was
right, so i agree with you a 100%!

BTW please take my posts on IALs with a truck of salt. the best IAL
phonology is whatever you can sell out to customers. i like minimalistic
phonology and grammar for completely irrational, aesthemaniac reasons ; and
since i love arguing in bad faith...

mathias
it's not *funny*!




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