I was watching an old Doris Day - Rock Hudson film last night. Doris clearly said "lye-lock" for "lilac", but I suppose she was German. The *Cambridge Dictionary of American English.* shows that to be one of the pronunciations

That's neutralization to an archiphoneme, rather than allophony, but whyever would you use (S) in "Asia"? What other consonants do you devoice between vowels? At a James Joyce affair I attended, they had a female member of the music

Possibly 'sh/zh'. I noticed recently that I pronounce 'Asian' with either, although 'Asia' always has 'sh'. That's neutralization to an archiphoneme, rather than allophony, but whyever would you use (S) in

Irma > misc.education.language.english in Is there more than one phonetic alphabets? AFAIK, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is the international standard. If you are using a newsreader with Unicode support ("40tude Dialog"

That's neutralization to an archiphoneme, rather than allophony, but whyever would you use (S) in "Asia"? What other consonants do you devoice between vowels? "Pronunciation: 'A-zh&, -sh&" so they are presumably

Ladefoged gives 22 "rules for English allophones" in the second edition of A Course in Phonetics (pp. 82-88), not all of which apply to all varieties of English. Granted. Summarizing, Selecting, 9) a glottal stop is inserted before

Hi everybody, In one of my classes, I am doing ... post it here. Thank you in advance for any help! If you think about the meanings of "allophone" and "phoneme," you'll realize this is an impossible request. What

That's neutralization to an archiphoneme, rather than allophony, but whyever would you use (S) in "Asia"? What other consonants do you devoice between vowels? "Pronunciation: 'A-zh&, -sh&" so they are presumably

Possibly 'sh/zh'. I noticed recently that I pronounce 'Asian' with either, although 'Asia' always has 'sh'. That's neutralization to an archiphoneme, rather than allophony, but whyever would you use (S) in

Mxsmanic wrote on 20 Apr 2004: Yes. The contraction is spoken with a very reduced vowel. They are pronounced the same way in American English. I speak American English, maniac, and I don't agree with your judgment here. "should of"