Re: CHAT: We don't need no stinking X
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 4, 2004, 5:48 |
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Nik Taylor scripsit:
> Okay, I have to ask. Why the spelling "Steengkeeng"? I understand
> -eeng, since many people have /IN/ there (I use /iN/ myself), but isn't
> "stink" normally /stiNk/? Or, even if they're both short normally,
> wouldn't the "ngk" be redundant? It's not normally /stInkIN/, is it?
In general, /i/ and /I/ are neutralized before /N/, so you can say what
you like, of course; but I think /I/ is the historical pronunciation.
/stINkIN/ is absolutely what I say, and my dialect is fairly conservative.
But of course the spelling is meant to imply a Spanish accent, with
fully cardinal /i/, not English style /ij/ or /i@/.
Yes, "ngk" is redundant.
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