Re: question on vowel tensing, fronting, backing, ect.

On Dec 11, 2007 11:31 AM, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:

> (I learn towards /I/ on the basis that [I] is how that vowel [final -y] is
> pronounced by "posh" people.)

On that side of the Pond, perhaps, but over here [i] is nigh-universal among
the Beautiful People. :)  Of course, we also have lects that go the other
way from [I] and turn it into [E], and at that point you're well on your way
to [-aj],  as in "Respect my authori-tye!" :)
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>