Re: Moraic codas [was Re: 'Yemls Morphology]

Thomas R. Wier wrote:

>Daniel Andreasson wrote:
> > Speaking with
> > a chap from London makes me open up those [E]s to get closer
> > (or rather more open :-P) to [&]. Those bastards make my
> > speech non-rhotic as well. ;)
>Oh really?  I had assumed that RP was the ideal aspired to in
>most European schools teaching English -- do they more often aim for North
>American now?
No, not really. Hence the ";)". Although my speech tends to
adapt to the person I'm speking to. If I speak to a non-native
English speaker or to myself, I speak American English, but
when I talk to a British-speaking person, I lose the r:s and
even get some [?]s. I suppose it sounds funny although I can't
really hear myself and my co-workers don't say anything. Perhaps
they're just being kind. :-P

||| daniel


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