~chooldrin

[Laurence Horn]

>How about 'twunty' =20
>Fritz

Wouldn't "twunny" be more likely (if even less alphabetically principled)?

LH

>
>>>>  truespel at HOTMAIL.COM 10/17/2006 7:00 PM >>>
>I've noticed a change in pronunciaiton of "children".  I would assume
>it to
>be ~childrin (~ denotes truespel notation).  But I'm hearing
>everywhere
>~chooldrin (where ~ool is as in ~wool).
>
>Not that I like it.  I prefer speech to be as close to tradspel
>(traditional
>spelling) as possible.  Wandering away from it violates the alphabetic
>principle.
>
>Tom Z
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