pron. of just

[Tom Zurinskas]

In American English as I know it, and phonetically spelled it, I cannot say I've come across a syllabic consonant.  Syllables have vowels in them.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com


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> On Feb 28, 2009, at 6:59 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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>> It's only a fact if you define it as such. Take the word "local".
>> Do you want to say the phonetic spelling is ~loekl. Then what if I
>> need to say "localizer" I don't want to say ~loekliezer. I want to
>> say ~loekooliezer. But your syllabic l foespel does not allow it.
>> Not good.
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> it's also a fact if it happens to be true. which it is. the phonology
> of english isn't limited by your inability to recognize the system.
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> this is yet another weakness of your system -- the inability to
> indicate syllabic consonants. but it's easily solved. you might want
> to consider using an extra symbol in there to indicate when the [r] or
> the [l] or the [m] or the [n] is syllabic.
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> unless you really don't care about transcribing accurately.
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