Re: USAGE: writ [was Re: Here, *Here*, and There, *There*]
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Sunday, June 30, 2002, 19:36 |
|---|
----- Original Message -----
From: "agricola" <agricola@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: USAGE: writ [was Re: Here, *Here*, and There, *There*]
> yscreus il Th. Weir:
>
> >Quoting agricola <agricola@...>:
> >
> >> Also, it'd be pronounced /wrItiN/. :)
>
> >What? In all my experience, a <writ> (as in "of habeas corpus") has
>always been [rIt]; the onset cluster [wr] is complete disallowed for >me,
not surprisingly, since it flagrantly violates sonority contour >principles.
>
> Different strokes for different blokes. Are you one of those [hw]less
people, too? Wot's a "sonority contour principle"? And how does it apply in
this case?
>
> I have both [wr] and [hw], for comparison.
> Padraic.
>
I (speaking some kind of Derivative of RP) pronounce <writing> /rajtIN/ and
<what> /wOt/ or /wO?/, or even /wO_h/, depending what mood I'm in.