Re: Over the rivver and Throo the wuds

Steg Belsky wrote:

> For some reason i've always pronounced the word "haphazard" as /hE@f
> h&z@rd/, as if it was "half hazard".  It's supposed to be /hE@p&z@rd/,
> right?
Not exactly.  At least in my dialect, and everywhere I've heard it, it's
always been /'h&ph&z@rd/, where the /h/ is not merely a marker of
aspiration on the /p/, but is a full-fledged /h/.

I find the vowel breaking  (/&/ --> /E@/) there to be rather interesting;
is that a normal phonological feature of the New York area where you live=
?
Also, I heard once that in the word "Long Island", most people from the
area say /lONgail@nd/ rather than SE /lONail@nd/. I used to be tempted
to think that that was a spelling pronunciation, but now with what you sa=
y,
I am beginning to think otherwise.  Looks like it's a regular phonologica=
l
rule there:  where certain segments come together, there must be some sor=
t
of epenthetic segment added in to provide for a good liaison. Very normal=
,
as languages go.


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