At 01:36 AM 11/21/98 -0500, Nik Taylor wrote:
>Eric Christopherson wrote:
>> Also, in this area [Southern Wisconsin] we seem to pronounce "long I"
>> as [^i] before unvoiced consonants and [ai] elsewhere (although there
>> are some exceptions),
I do that, too, and I'm from upstate New York.
>> and also "ar" is pronounced [^r] before unvoiced
>> consonants and [ar] elsewhere.
But I don't do that.
>
>Interesting. I'd heard about the "long i" thing in regards to Canadian
>English.
>
-------------------------------------------------
Tim Smith
timsmith@global2000.net
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
-- The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939)