Re: USAGE: two nations separated by single language, etc.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 19, 1999, 4:42 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> and also /dREmpt/, with intrusive /p/.
> I usually *write* them "burned" and "learned", of course, and
> if I am reading the word "dreamed" out loud, I render it
> /dRimd/.
I too usually have /drImpt/, but I never use /lr=3Dnt/, always /lr=3Dnd/.=
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Isn't "drempt" the older form, and "dreamed" an analogical levelling?
> On the other hand, she also says I sound like a lowbrow for
> saying /tuzdi/
-/di/ instead of -/dej/? That's interesting.
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