Re: Orthography help needed
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 9, 2004, 18:09 |
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On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 06:49:56PM +0100, Ray Brown wrote:
> Eh? 'with' /wID/ seems _very_ common and usual to me. /wIT/ I've
> encountered only in Scots English.
I'm pretty sure <with> is /wIT/ in GAE. The <-th> is certainly
voiceless around here (Atlanta). In fact that syllable has a voiceless
[T] even in words like "wherewithal", where one might expect
voicing due to the intervocalic position.
> Certainly in southern England & Wales it's /wiD/
Well, if it's really /i/, then that doesn't violate the "no /D/ after a
short vowel" rule, does it? ;)
-Mark
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