Re: YAEPT: track

Joe wrote:
> Larry Sulky wrote:
[snip]
> >> Nope, it's just [tr\&k] for me: west coast American, with Canadian and
>> American-midwest influence plus oddballs from who-knows-where.
>>
> I'm wrong about it's universality, then.  But it definitely occurs in
> the UK and (I think) Australia.
It does occur in the UK, but it ain't universal here either. In those
parts of the UK where /r/ is trilled (whether apical or uvular) or
flapped, it certainly doesn't occur. Nor is it IME universal before the
southern English alveolar approximant.

As for the anglophone world at large, it does not occur in South African
English (where /r/ is trilled or flapped) - but I'm not certain about Oz
or NZ (it's been a very long while since I watched Neighbours   :)

As for me, when I was a youngster I said [tSr\&k] - but, having moved
around a bit since then, and been influenced by other speech habits, I
now say [t_hr\_h&k].

Thinks: I'll listen carefully today to how others down in the part of
Surrey say initial tr- and dr-      :)


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