exetera

[Enid Pearsons]

"Akstericks" looks a little complex.  Mostly I've heard "astericks,"  with
the singular (my objectivity falls apart over this one) "asterick."

Of course there are dialects where final consonant cluster reduction is the
norm, but some of these terms appear in the context of dialects other than
those--i.e., in a context that makes these individual pronunciations
noticeable.

The radio, this week, yielded--all from talk-show hosts--"die of
_ at -fik-see-@_" and "a psychotic _foog_."  That's /u/, not /U/.

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Date:  10/06/99 02:18 AM
Subject:  exetera




This one grates; so does akstericks, with double
metathesis ... well, methatesis ...
Roly Sussex
The University of Queensland