Re: Why my conlangs SUCK!!!
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 4:25 |
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Tristan McLeay wrote:
> Apropos of this, there is a female American name pronounced [mejg@n] or
> thereabouts. Is that simply the American (for particular values of
> American, of course) pronunciation of 'Meagan', which I say as /mIig@n/?
I usually hear [mEg@n]. I knew a girl, tho, who went by [mig@n] (tho,
many people used the common [mEg@n] pronunciation)
You have /Ii/? Is that actually [Ii]?
> (One American spelling that grates is 'Jared' for 'Jarrod', like the
> Subway guy. Looks like /dZe:d/ t'me.)
Interesting. How do you get that from "Jarrod"? Are medial -rr-
normally silent for you? The use of /e:/ ([ej]?) seems odd to me, too.
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