Charlotte v. Charlotte

Dennis R. Preston preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU
Thu Oct 28 12:14:10 UTC 1999


No, Ron. It's stress. In MI it's charLOTTE. In NC it's CHARlotte (with
appropriate reduced vowel realization in the unstressed syllable of the NC
form but not in the MI form, where both vowels are the same /ah/).

dInIs



>Dnd just what IS the difference in pronunciation? I can't believe anyone in
>Michigan is ignorant enough to use the same initial sound for CHARLOTTE and
>CHARLESTON!

Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
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