Re: English syllable structure
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 10, 2001, 0:58 |
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Anton Sherwood wrote:
> Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> > Ever watched `the Simpsons'? They say /t{ko/ all the time.
> > So, indeed, do most American tv. shows.
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> taco rhymes with Jacko? <shudder>
>
> maybe i need to watch more tv to monitor the rot.
Actually, seems I'm wrong. The American /{/ is lower than mine, so I was
already accounting for that and what was really [a] I ended up hearing as
[{]. But that doesn't alter the fact that everyone here `knows' Americans
say /t{ko/ for `taco'.
Tristan
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