Re: irregularities
| From: | Robert Hailman <robert@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 12, 2001, 21:41 |
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David Peterson wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/11/01 2:15:51 PM, jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM writes:
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> << > Hmm. Here in Canada, I write "spelt" and say /spElt/. "Spelled" seems...
> > wrong to me. >>
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> It seems pretty standard to me: [t]/C [-voice]____, and [d]/C [+voice].
> The exceptions, of course, being much-used, very common "strong" verbs, e.g.
> "to feel">"felt". How about "to smell"? I have "smelled" (after all,
> "smelting" is completely different).
I write "smelled", just to avoid ambiguity with "smelt" but as far as
pronunciation goes, either [t] or [d] seems OK. I'm not sure with one I
use more often, though. I suspect [t].
--
Robert