Re: English notation
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 2, 2001, 3:04 |
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On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 03:05:48AM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Raymond Brown scripsit:
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> > The second syllable of the following words are all pronounced differently
> > in most (all?) varieties of English: apparent, deterrent, concurrent.
>
> I have [&] in the first and a syllabic rhotic in the last two, which are
> perfect rhymes for me. Lots of my fellow-countrymen use [ej] in the
> first, though.
>
> When reading "C" language out loud, I seem to be unusual for saying
> [tSAR] rather than [kejR] for "char".
Heh. I alternate between the two; both sound equally stupid to me. Now don't
get me started on ioctl()!
--
Eric Christopherson, a.k.a. Contrarian Conlanger Rakko ^_^
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