Re: Spelling pronunciations (was: rhotic miscellany)

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 23:51:25 -0600, Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> wrote:
> From:    Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
> Tristan Mc Leay <conlang@...> wrote:
>> > ISTR some American dialects also have /wVt/ for 'what'.
>>
>> I think that's _most_ American dialects.  Er, what vowel do your people
>> put in it?
>
> Do you really speak a dialect of American English that contrasts
> /V/ with /@/? My dialect certainly doesn't make such a contrast.
> (My dialect also allows for a voiceless glide at the beginning.)
I have both /V/ and /@/ in unstressed syllables (e.g. the 'u' in "Punjabi"
= /V/, the 'o' in "potassium" = /@/), though /@/ is only stressable in a
very few function words (e.g. only-just vs fair-just, but vs butt).


	*Muke!
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