Re: another silly phonology question

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, daniel andreasson wrote:

> 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=].
That should be 'something' [sV~?m=].

Dirk

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