resyllabification

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Yes, I aspirated only after leaving the state.

>duhnis,
>You mean that Cheeseheads have no aspirations in Wisconsin?
>Your friend,
>ræn
>
>In a message dated 10/27/03 7:33:00 AM, preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU writes:
>
>
>>  arnold,
>>
>>  It's how you identify real cheeseheads:
>>
>>  Us: wis-con-sin
>>
>>  Them: wi-scon-sin
>>
>>  This is more like the "misty crivver" example (than the "bah
>>  bedwards" one) since a cluster rather than the, I would think, more
>>  usual creation of a single onset is involved.
>>
>>  dInIs (who, like you, also used to live in clumps)
>>

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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic,
      Asian & African Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
e-mail: preston at msu.edu
phone: (517) 432-3099