On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:21:21 EDT David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>
writes:
> In a message dated 10/14/01 3:03:45 AM, alrivera@ALUMNI.SOUTHERN.EDU
> writes:
> << Likely so. (Actually now that I think of it that's more natural
> than [kon
> una]... I was wondering why mine sounded funny.) >>
> Wow! I've never heard of a vowel factoring in nasal
> assimilation! I'm
> assuming that the [u] with the strong velar constriction is what led
> to the
> otherwise non-existant velar nasal. No?
>
> -David
>
-
I dunno... my half-Peninsular half-Puertorriqueño roommate from two years
ago would pronounce all of his word-final /n/'s as [N]'s. He also
dropped his word-final /d/'s.
-Stephen (Steg)
"gonads and strife"