Re: another silly phonology question

At 06:43 2000-11-29 +0000, Raymond Brown wrote:
>One also hears /nVfIn/ and /nVfn=/ and, strangely, /nV?n/.
In my experience Anglophones from all parts except Scotland say [nV?n] for
"nothing" and [dI?n] "didn't" [wU?n] "wouldn't" [SU?n] "shouldn't"
too.  You're mostly not aware of it, anymore than Swedes are of saying
['IntIN] or [In'tiN] for _ingenting_ 'nothing'.



/ B.Philip Jonsson B^)>
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