intrusive schwa

[Kenneth Setzer]

I've definitely heard the schwa in "fil^m" spoken in New York City (and
around it), from somewhat older speakers.

Lynne Murphy wrote:

> you also hear the schwa in fil^m in south african english, but i always
> assumed that was due to non-English-native (Afrikaner and African)
> influence.
>
> lynne
> --
>
> M. Lynne Murphy, Assistant Professor in Linguistics
> Department of English, Baylor University
> PO Box 97404, Waco, TX 76798 USA
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