diabetes

[Dennis R. Preston]

Bethany,

It was this which led me to speculate that people were simply (sic)
hearing the [I]-like (principally) southern version  of schwa in such
environments. I discovered later that people were also interested in
an [i] pronunciation and that the [I]-like ones also extended beyond
southern areas (although never, so far as has been established in the
data I have seen on the list so far, in a completely unstressed
position, as would be the case in southern speech).

dInIs



>On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Amy L. Hayden wrote:
>
>>>  >On the newscasts here in the Chicago area, it's almost always
>pronounced -tis,
>>>
>>>  As in rhymes with "fleece"?
>>
>>No, as in rhymes with "this".
>>
>Oh, as is -/tIs/. Thanks.
>
>Bethany

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Dennis R. Preston
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