Re: Case/Tense question
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 10, 2000, 4:28 |
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Steg Belsky wrote:
> I just remembered....also in my dialect it's somewhat differentiated, {I}
> is /aj/, but contractions such as {i'm} and {i'll} lose the /j/, being
> usually pronounced as /am/ and /al/. So maybe {i'll} could lead to /a/,
> distinguised from /e/ ?
Interesting. Is that a common phenomenon? Comments from elsewhere? Of
course, considering the small initial population of East Landing (c.
800-1000), it's conceivable that even a relatively uncommon
pronunciation could dominate the colony. Perhaps some early leaders
happened to use that pronunciation, and their influence caused it to
spread ...?
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