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Re: another silly phonology question

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 29, 2000, 14:51
John Cowan wrote:

> > One also hears /nVfIn/ and /nVfn=/ and, strangely, /nV?n/.
> This last is also heard here, and conventionally spelled "nuttin'". > It's "gangsterese".
Heh. I hear it in hiphop all the time, whether it's American or Swedish. 'Nothing' is [nV?n=] and 'something' is [sV~?n=]. daniel -- <> BEKÄMPA SPRÅKDÖDEN <> daniel.andreasson@telia.com <> <> SKAPA ETT SPRÅK <> Daniel Andreasson <>