Re: Not phonetic but ___???
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Friday, April 16, 2004, 12:13 |
|---|
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 08:21:04PM +0300, Steg Belsky wrote:
> English Pronunciation Thread Alert:
Too late, we're already there. :)
> In the New York City area, "grass" is [gr\e@s] and "hat" is [h&t].
Huh. [gr\e@s] sounds like something I'd expect to hear in Texas, not
New Yawk City! For me, those two words have the same vowel; it is
before a voiced velar ([g] or [N]) that said vowel morphs into a
diphthong. I don't think it's [e@], though; it feels more like [&e].
-Mark
Reply