Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

Quoting David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>:

> In a message dated 9/29/01 11:38:53 AM, trwier@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU
> writes:
>
> << It's also easy to understand why: [nukli:r=]
> has that hiatus between [i:] and [r=] which most languages, English
> included, seem to hate >>
>
>     I find my way around by not pronouncing the "clear" in "nuclear"
> like the  word "clear", but, rather, like this [klijr=], so the glide
> becomes the onset.
Right.  That's basically what I do.  I was just trying to
explain how the other nonstandard form might arise.

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