Re: Love Those Double Vowels (was: Diving In...)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 8, 2001, 20:21 |
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 11:55:06 +0100 Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
> En réponse à Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>:
> > So there are several of them then. English *does* have minimal
> pairs
> > for
> > /T/ and /D/.
> > ether / either
>
> True in dialects that pronounce 'either' /i:D@(`)/. Personally, I
> was taught to
> say /AjD@/, and most English-speaking people I know freely alternate
> between
> both pronunciations.
-
I actually usually pronounce "ether" as /ETr=/ , with a 'short E'. I
associate /ETr=/ with the early anesthetic, and /iTr=/ with emptiness /
chaos / outer space.
-Stephen (Steg)
"God is our prototype."
~ Martin Buber, _Gog and Magog_
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