Re: Mutations in General

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:14:19 -0700 Nihil Sum <nihilsum@...>
writes:

<snip>

> I say the n in "ant". And in vent, went, runt, plant, restaurant.
> And the N
> in bank, brink, honk, and the m in lump, lamp, limp, stomp.
interesting. i say the 'n' in 'ant', 'vent', 'went', 'runt', and 'plant',
but not in 'restaurant'.  i also say the 'N' in 'bank', 'brink', and
'honk' and the 'm' in 'lump', 'lamp', 'limp', and 'stomp'.
also, i say the 'g' in '-ng' in monosyllabic words.  from what i've read,
this isn't very common.

> >Muke says that his pronunciation of 'ant' actually lacks a nasal
> consonant,
> >and
> >that nasality is expressed on the preceding vowel (if I read his
> >transcription
> >correctly). My own pronunciation agrees with this.
>
> I know exactly the pronunciation you're talking about. It does
> happen, but I
> wouldn't call it universal. (of course, I don't tend to call much of
> anything universal)
> I don't pronounce any less of an n in "bent" than I do in "bend".
> BUT what happens a lot is the reduction of the final unvoiced
> consonant to a
> glottal stop. Hear that quite a bit: vEn? wEn? lVm? l&m? etc.
i hear that quite a bit because my brother does it (and he pronounces
final 't' and 'k' as [?])

> NS
Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar) (mailto:han_solo55@juno.com)
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I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
"Ananwa," eque erye, "i ilúvë ná carmë Eruva. Ilyë nati nar tanwi
Erullo."