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Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Thursday, January 30, 2003, 16:37
On Thursday 30 January 2003 2:53 pm, And Rosta wrote:
> John: > > And Rosta scripsit: > > [...] > > > > > she wos angry and told him to begon. At that moment the oener ov the > > > > > > <oener> because mergers that affect both RP & GenAm are carried over > > > into RI? > > > > "ow" in RI represents the sound of "how now brown cow". I don't > > understand how "own" got to be spelled that way (< OE a:gen) anyhow > > Perhaps to avoid collision with "one" which was formerly a homophone > > Anyway, "ow" in "show" etc. > "oe", as in "hoe". This means occasional > > chain reforms: "shoe" > "shoo", "show" > "shoe" > > i was thinking of the waning accents that don't rhyme moan/mown, > groan/grown. But you're right: I was perhaps misled by the spelling > into thinking that _own_ was /own/ in Middle English, & I have no > way of checking. > > --And.
IIRC, it was /u:n/.