Re: THEORY: [i:]=[ij]? (was Re: Pronouncing "Boreanesia")
| From: | Tristan McLeay <thwog@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 5, 2000, 4:01 |
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> > The Victorian pronounciation of school is actually a long
> > version of the sound in good, I think.
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> So it's only the New South Welsh who pronounce it strange?
> It's the [skywl] (or whatever) pronunciation that irks me
> every time I hear it from national broadcasters.
Does that pronunciation sound something like schooel? Or is that something
else. Anyway, I can't remember any pronunciations from national
broadcasters, and whether or not they differ from mine.
--Tristan