Re: Woody or tinny?
| From: | Bjorn Kristinsson <bjornkri@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 22, 2001, 23:58 |
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Hey.
> On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 11:26:56PM +0200, daniel andreasson wrote:
> > Another interesting brit-like thing about that dialect
> > is the use of /?/ to replace /t/ in certain surroundings.
> > I couldn't figure out the rule, but it seems to have
> > something [sV?m=] to do with a following nasal.
>
> Yeah, I've noticed that too. It can even replace /d/! (<didn't>
> == [dI?I~])
>
> --
> Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
I hadn't even noticed that these dialects were non-rhotic before. Amazing,
don't know how this went bast me. Interesting...
Another thing I found in the black American Dialect was that they have some
level of TH-fronting, like Cockneys. I haven't been able to look into this
in any detail, but from what I've heard, they front their /þ/ and /ð/ sounds
to both /f/ and /v/ like Cockneys do, and also /d/ (I never noticed a /t/,
but it's possible that it's there.)
/diz/ for this, /brVva/ (?) for brother etc. got any more examples?
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