Linguistics. A predictable phonetic variant of a phoneme. For example, the aspirated t of top, the unaspirated t of stop, and the tt (pronounced as a flap) of batter are allophones of the English phoneme /t/. The English language words have many

Any suggestions on the best way to transcribe English rhotics in the IPA? I especially use transcription in comparative contexts with French, so I do need to distinguish between the French and English phonemes, but I don't care about

But in many British accents (and I think some American ones too), "theatre" doesn't really have consecutive vowels; it has ... how I say it too, although my accent is rhotic and so I don't think of myself as saying

If you think about the meanings of "allophone" and "phoneme," you'll realize this is an impossible request. What "others"? Hmm, sorry if my request was unclear. By "others," I meant what are the possible

If you think about the meanings of "allophone" and "phoneme," you'll realize this is an impossible request. What "others"? Ladefoged gives 22 "rules for English allophones" in the second edition of A

At a James Joyce affair I attended, they had a ... works. Besides her pronunciation of "Yorkshire" to rhyme with "firs" You mean "fir"? Isn't that the usual pronunciation of "Yorkshire"? unfortunately

At a James Joyce affair I attended, they had a ... works. Besides her pronunciation of "Yorkshire" to rhyme with "firs" Ending with (z)? Sorry: that's a typo: I intended "to rhyme with "fire" I was struck by

Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:54:14 GMT: "John A. Rea" (Email Removed): in sci.lang: At a James Joyce affair I attended, they had a female member of the music department sing several of the songs that Joyce used in his works. Besides her

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

"Pronunciation: 'A-zh&, -sh&" so they are presumably putting my pronunciation ... say "Ayz-ya" which I suppose leads to the 'zh' sound. COED10 doesn't do placenames, but it has /'eIS(@)n, -Z(@)n/ for