Re: USAGE: Schwa and syllabification
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 12, 2004, 19:50 |
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 02:03:34PM -0500, David Peterson wrote:
> Joe wrote:
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> <<Actually, the 'tt' is [?] :p>>
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> Not unless you're Eliza Doolittle (or "li'il"). It's pretty much a flap
> in English, I'd say. Any takers on this issue? (Note: This is NOT
> YAEPT! It's important for scientific purposes.)
In many if not most varieties of British English it is indeed a glottal
stop. My boss says ['lI?@l], for instance.
Eliza's accent was certainly exaggerated, but each of its
features does exist in some 'lect. :)
-Mark