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Re: USAGE: VOT and the status of /r/

From:Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>
Date:Saturday, January 29, 2005, 16:07
On 30 Jan 2005, at 12.36 am, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Quoting Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>: > >> Well, I was of the understanding they mostly did the same as me except >> amongst more conservative speakers. At least the concept of 'intrusive >> r' is a British one, implying that they must have at least a sizeable >> minority who have puts the unwritten R in to 'law and order'. > > Hm. I notice that "law and order" in my xenolect comes out as > [lO:nO:d@], > apparently trisyllabic. "Lore and order" would be pronounced the same. > Is this > normal for non-vanilla rice non-rhotic 'lects?
I've always pronounced it more like [lo:r@no:da] or [lo:r@n:od@], but the schwa is relatively minor. -- Tristan.

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