Re: OT Marx Brothers (was Re: Another Introduction)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 15, 2003, 2:51 |
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On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 02:53:29AM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> What's that phonemically? The final [a], I mean.
Phonemically, "cinema" is either ['sIn@m@] or ['sIn@mA];
my dictionary gives both as variant pronunciations.
Phonetic [a] shows up in several American dialects, usually
as the "short o" sound. Most famously, it's the native
pronunciation of the first "o" in "Boston"; my cousins from the
Detroit area also pronounce "pop" as [pap]. (I pronounce it
[pAp]; [a] doesn't appear in my idiolect.)
-Mark
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