Re: [Re: [IE conlangs]]

Nik Taylor wrote: "Those two being homophones in Southern American English,
/bIn/, of course.  :-)"
On 4/12/99, J. Cowan wrote: "In all U.S. Englishes, I think, except perhaps
Eastern New England."

It depends on the local accent, of course. My paternal grandmother says
/bi:n/, but it's pretty darn rare even here. She also says /bi:ng/ for
being, whereas I say /'biyIng/ - with the long i SOUND, but not the LENGTH,
in the first syllable.

BB


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