Re: yeah (was Re: Moraic codas)

Scripsit Thomas Paulus:

> It's [j&:] for me. But when I see "yea" in a literary context
(Elizabethan
> dialog, for example), I read it as [jE:@] or even [jei], something
with
> relatively higher articulation. Do others make this distinction?
True. I read <yeah> as [j{:] and yea as [jei]. If I ever heard someone
say "Yeah Verily" then would I like burst merrily into divers peales of
giggling.

JDM

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