Re: New Englishisms

Don Blaheta <dpb@...> wrote:
> > > 7. Also, ts are frequently replaced by glottal stops, especially in
> > > syllable-final position: hi' for hit. si' for sit.
> >
> > Really?  I didn't know that was used outside of England.  =
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> It's _very_ striking in some people's speech.  I've tracked it down to
> primarily the area around Hartford, CT; the rule is that /t/ goes to =
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> at the end of a stressed syllable.
     Specifically, the area around Hartford, Conn. known as New Britain,
Conn.  The "New Britain accent" is well known in Conn.  (I live in Htfd.)
Not everybody in New Britain has it, but some New Britainites have it =
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markedly.  The standard example is the name of the town itself, which the
natives pronounce /nu 'brI? $/, where /$/ is a glottal nasal.  (I =
couldn't
find a glottal nasal symbol in Kirshenbaum.)

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             Dennis Paul Himes    <>    dennis@himes.connix.com
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Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle
brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance =
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