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Re: another silly phonology question

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, December 1, 2000, 15:14
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Raymond Brown wrote: > > South of the border it's uniformally [wID] (or [wIv] ). > > Intersting. I've only ever heard (in the US) [wIT] or [wIf], never with > a voiced consonant.
I think there is a fair amount of free variation in this word: I can say "Get with it!" as either [gEt'wIDIt] or [gEt'wITit] equally well. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein