Re: English syllable structure
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 6, 2001, 8:10 |
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Roger Mills wrote:
> > /labial-w.../ occurs only in the
> > loan 'bwana'; /Cj.../
>
> And the loan "pueblo", not to mention place names like Puerto Rico and
> Buenos Aires
Unless I'm thinking of another place, I generally here it as /pO:t8u
ri:k8u/.
> > only if followed by /uw/, except for 'piano'
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> I say /pi'&no/ for "piano". Is that not usual?
I have /pi"j{n8u/, more or less equivalent.
Tristan
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