Re: English notation
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 2, 2001, 3:07 |
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On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 12:44:46PM +0200, BP Jonsson wrote:
> At 01:38 2001-06-30 -0500, Eric Christopherson wrote:
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> >I've heard people pronounce <any> as /"{ni/, at least when really
> >emphasizing it. I've probably done it myself at times. The same goes for
> ><many>, <catch>, etc.
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> Wouldn't that be a spelling pronunciation?
It could be. I don't really know any way to tell if a given pronunciation is
a spelling pronunciation, which is to say that although I know what spelling
pronunciations *are*, I'm not clear on why I or other people pronounce
things as they do, and whether it's motivated by orthography or not.
--
Eric Christopherson, a.k.a. Contrarian Conlanger Rakko ^_^