Re: USAGE: front vowel tensing [was: English notation]
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 29, 2001, 21:54 |
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In a message dated 6/29/01 7:32:52 AM, dirk.elzinga@M.CC.UTAH.EDU writes:
<< > Even an average American, who knows as good as nothing about
> linguistics, would have to realize after some contemplation that the
> sound in "English" is the same as in "bin": a short, lax /I/.
Not necessarily. Many varieties of Western American English
(including the one I speak, and presumably the one Tom speaks)
has front vowel tensing before the velar nasal. This means that
the vowels in 'peek' and 'pink' are distinguished only by
nasality: 'pink' has a nasal vowel and 'peek' does not. Likewise
'bake' and 'bank'. >>
Yeah, same here. I think the above (first) statement was a pretty rash
generalization. And it really annoys when people actually pronounce it
[pINk] and [TINk] and [sIN], etc. Reminds me of people who pronounce "feel"
and "fill" identically.
-David
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