Truespel Analysis of USA English - Book One

[Dennis R. Preston]

Hmmm.

>I meant the vocalic peak in "years," whether it precedes a rhotic or
>vocalic offglide. For me, it's always lax (or non-peripheral). My
>"seer" and "sear' are distinct in just this way (although in careful
>speech my 'seer' could almost be called bisyllabic, the same prblem
>as in mare-mayor, sower-sore, the latter only for good speakers of
>course).

dInIs

>On Aug 10, 2004, at 8:27 AM, dInIs asked:
>
>>PS: 'yeerz' has the same vowel as the second syllable of 'kunsseevd'?
>
>define "vowel".
>
>arnold


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