CHAT: Composer names (Was: Re: CHAT: A flat minor (was: ATTN: Pablo Flores (VIRUS WARNING)))

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 05:21:34PM +0100, bnathyuw wrote:
[snip]
> generational. the divide is around my parents' age i
> think ( mid 50s at the moment ). younger people will
> say /dI'bu:si/ ( /I/ i think is correct, altho it can
> come out [@] in some accents ), just as they'll say
> /su:t/ for /sju:t/ |suit|
[snip]

In US and Canada, "suit" is indeed [su:t]. I was taught [sjut] when I was
in Malaysia, but I get strange looks if I say that here.


T

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