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Re: USAGE: Permissable /IN/ (was: [i:]=[ij]?)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, November 3, 2000, 5:23
Kristian Jensen wrote:
> I may have to take that back. I can't for the life of me think of any > examples of English words that have this contrast other than perhaps > "being" and "bingo".
/bi.iN/ ([bi.i~N] if I say it slowly, [bi:~N] if I say it quickly) /biNgo/ -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor