Re: THEORY: [i:]=[ij]? (was Re: Pronouncing "Boreanesia")

I think that perhaps I'm all wrong everywhere. But maybe not. You can
probably ignore my last post, and all my other posts. I've probably done
this in the wrong order. But, since I discovered that everything here was so
strange, I've read the archives (something I should've done first). I now
think I understand it all.

It also doesn't help when all you know about English isn't really quite
relevant, the Maquarie Dictionary has been my guide for my prononciation
till now, but I think it may be too conservative. And everything else I know
is really just from _written_ RP and GA, so that's, relative to what the MD
shows. So I could be really stuffed.

I apologise for confusing anyone that is confused (although it could be only
me), annoying anyone I've annoyed, and doing this in the wrong way.

And here, I think, is the table that's been going around correct for me.

> >                     In Brisbane             For me (in Melb.)
> >mat    = [m&t]       [mEt]             [m&t]
> >mad    = [m&:d]      [mE:d]            [m&:d]
> >mate   = [m&it]      [majt]            [m&it]
> >might  = [mait]      [mAjt]            [mait]
> >met    = [met]       [met]             [mEt]
> >nit    = [nIt]       [nit]             [nIt]
> >neat   = [ni:t]      [nijt]            [ni:t] (possibly a diphtong, maybe
[Ii], or even [@i].)
> >not    = [nOt]       [nOt]             [not] (where the [o] is a
backwards-script a)
> >gone   = [gO:n]      [gO:n]            [go:n] (where the [o:] is a tad
tighter than above)
   born   =                                     [bO:n]
> >note   = [no-yt]     [no-yt]           [no-u-t] (maybe not)
> >who    = [hy:]       [hu-y]            ?
> >nook   = [nuk]       [nuk]             [nuk]
> >fool   = [fw:l]      (I'm not sure here) varies, [fu:l], [fU:l]-ish
> >bottle = [bOtl:]     [bOtl=]         [bot@l]
> >mutt   = [mat]       [mat]                   [mat]
> >March  = [ma:tS]     [ma:tS]         [ma:tS]
> >murk   = [mR:k]      [mo-:k]         [m3:k] ([3] being the IPA backw epsilon,
what's [R]?)
> >air    = [e:@]       [e:@_^] ~ [e:]  [E:]
> >ear    = [i:@]       [i:@_^] ~ [i:]  [i:@], before a pause [i:a] (all [@]s
are [a] before a pause)
   boy    =                               [boi]
   boil   =                               [boij@l], [boi@l]
   full   =                               [ful], [f@l]


But you might have to gake the above with a grain of salt.