Rachel Klippenstein wrote:
>> Fast speech: something like
>> I'm g'ave some tea
>> [aIm g&v s@m ti]
>> or even
>> [aIN&v s(@)m ti] (2+2 syllables)
And surely in Canada you've heard also
[VNgVn@ &v sm ti]
(With "Unguna" for "I'm going to"
Although most of us pronounce that last word [kA:fi].
Danny Wier wrote:
>Here in East Texas I hear "jeet" for "did you eat", that's [dZi?]. And I
>was about to say, they're butchering English in Canada like they did
>French? ;)
Since I just responded to that "how are you?" thread, I should mention that
I've heard Texans use a set phrase for that:
"Chup to?"
And there are southern Americans who reduce "going to" all the way to [A~w].
[Am A~w h& s@m t@i]
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