re: They're All Retarded page 4
<< (Gary G. Taylor) And Shirley you must not neglect the heartwarming novel about a young necrophiliac who finally achieved ... what further work do the coroners have left for them to file the death certificate in the correct drawer?[/nq]
Forensic pathologists?
And the coroners preside over the court.
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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I don't think so. Not quite. Non-rhotic CINC, maybe.
Phonemically, I mean. You don't have ah/short-o merger? Most, if not all, AmE rhotic (as well as non-rhotic) CINCs do. ... a vowel length difference at least, in the case of cot/cart. I'm not sure if this also applies to cod/card.)
According to Labov:
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono atlas/Atlas chapters/Ch13/Ch13.html the vowels he calls /ah/ and /o/ are indeed distinguished in New York (but see the footnote).
Jonathan
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