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Re: English notation

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Thursday, June 28, 2001, 21:23
In a message dated 6/28/01 9:43:36 AM, nsampat@IX.NETCOM.COM writes:

<< This makes me wonder: Is there a need for a distinction between /N/ and

/Ng/?  It seems to me that that's a difference in rendering as opposed to

phonemics. >>

    I think there is.  I say /fiNgr=/, but never /fiNr=/.  And I say /riN/,
but never /riNg/.  Yet, they're not in complimentary distribution, for I say
/lONr=/, never /lONgr=/.

-David

Replies

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Muke Tever <alrivera@...>/N/ vs /Ng/ (was: Re: English notation)