Re: USAGE: Permissable /IN/ (was: [i:]=[ij]?)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 3, 2000, 5:28 |
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Tristan McLeay wrote:
> The only strange thing that /N/ does is diphthongise /&/
> (& is ae-lig, isn't it?) into /&i/, so 'hang' is pronounced as if it where
> spelt 'hangue'
Southern US English tends to use /&j/ for /ej/, so /h&jN/ (hang),
/tS&jndZ/ (change). /ij/ has a tendency towards /ej/, as in /swejt tej/
(sweet tea).
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