Re: men, elves, wolves, and robots; was: man, etc.
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 26, 2004, 20:52 |
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On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:28:22PM +0000, Joe wrote:
> # 1 wrote:
> >is it [dZinoid], [dZinojd], [Zinoid], or [Zinojd]?
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> [gajnOjd], I guess. Perhaps [dZInOjd]. One of those.
Almost certainly the former. English words with the "gyno-" root (e.g.
"gynecology", as Sally mentioned) are (nearly?) univerally pronounced
with /gai_^n/. In isolation the sequence |gy| can go other ways, of
course; most words in "-gy" are /dZ)i/, (turning and turning in the
widening) "gyre" has /dZ)ai_^/, as do derivatives like "gyroscope", and
as we discussed on here a month or so ago, when not short for
"gyroscope" (and when distinguished from such by the speaker), "gyro"
has a /ji/.
-Marcos
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