Re: Tit'xka (Pretty Long Post)
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Thursday, December 31, 1998, 6:00 |
|---|
Eric Christopherson wrote:
> > I pronounce "eighth" /ejT/, without any /t/ whatsoever....maybe it's =
a
> > dialectal difference...
>
> I pronounce it as Kristian transcribed it, although your pronunciation
> also seems fairly common around here. Also, some people around here
> pronounce "height" as [h^it_dT] (probably by analogy with "width"
> [wId_dT] or [wIt_dT]) or even as [h^iT].
What does the [^] represent? (Normally, such symbols are used to
indicate the the vowel represents something slightly different from the
cardinal vowel; the symbol you gave would make it slightly higher
than normal)
Around here, I've heard [hait[T] before, but never anything lacking
the diphthong.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Tom Wier <twier@...>
ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom
Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/>
"Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
"S=F4=F0 is gecy=FEed / =FE=E6t mihtig God manna
cynes / w=EAold w=EEde-ferh=F0."
_Beowulf_, ll. 700-702
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D