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@news.itd.umich.edu: Well, the German // is really a mid front vowel (/e/) with the lips rounded like they are for /o/, ... rounding like /u/), Old High German // has changed to /e/, so Modern German 'schn' in Yiddish is pronounced
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representation learnt though guide I your Note to Janet: I'm not American - I'm from northern England (Sheffield). Dear Jonathan, Sorry about that. I suppose it's a mistake to suppose that everyone's American. Janet Australia,
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"Have" has the lax vowel of "can" (be able), while "halve" has the tense vowel of "can" (= BrE tin). Sorry, Richard, I just don't get it. Not always the teacher's fault. Color to a blind man, or some
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john lawler
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"Have" has the lax vowel of "can" (be able), while "halve" has the tense vowel of "can" (= BrE tin). Sorry, Richard, I just don't get it. Not always the teacher's fault. Color to a blind man, or some
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And on this one I'd love to hear how a New Yorker pronounces (A.) differently from (A), as we've been told in a.u.e. lately. ... Sorry, I can't help you I'm not a native New Yorker, and ASCII IPA makes my head spin. As a matter of
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MC'S LAW: "Post a question in aue and sooner or ... inference that was never implied, or all of the above." Not angry. But the premise of the question was an error. QED! You have assumed that "everyone" is keyed into
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6 yr 158 days ago
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