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Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

From:And Rosta <a.rosta@...>
Date:Thursday, February 27, 2003, 12:13
Andrew Smith:
> And's comment about _to_ being realised as [?] is very interesting, too, > which doesn't sound quite right to me. On the other hand, And's ear for this > kind of thing is normally very good, and I may well be being distracted by > native speaker syndrome, so could I ask for an example? For instance, I > would say the common phrase "I'm off to the pub" as [amQft_h@?p_hUb]
Afaik, no English accent allows [?] after a fricative. But "go to the pub" could be [gO:?pUb], "went into the pub" [wEnthIn?pUb], "want to go" [wQn?gO:], "I've got for to go" (= Std E "got to") [avgQ?f@?gO:]. --And.