Re: Supine (was: Tense formations)

John Cowan wrote:

>Michael Poxon wrote:
>
>>Lovely! I presume Ladefoged is Magyar, so would be pronounced
>>"lod-e-fo:-ged" with stress on the first syllable. But the possibilities are
>>there, aren't they? "The rotten so-and-so went and ladefoged all over the
>>place", "I've just be ladefoged" and so on.
>
>
>Actually he's English (though presumably of Danish descent), and says
>['l&t@f@wgId].  Though his students in California probably make
>it ['l&*@fowg@d], where * = alveolar flap.
Normally we pronounce it as [pi*r.]. :) But when others get confused
between the prof and the computer lab technician, we tack on ['l&*@fowg@d]
(or ['l&*@fowgId] for some speakers).



Marcus Smith

Unfortunately, or luckily,
no language is tyrannically consistent.
All grammars leak.
                -- Edward Sapir