Re: Re: the curious phonology of Wisconsin

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 11/21/04 6:13:59 PM, preston at MSU.EDU writes:


> wI - skan - s at n
>
> not wIs - con - s at n
>
> as the rest of us have it.
>

I thought fer sher that my cousins from Green Bay aspirated the "c"! Maybe
they just did a lot of heavy breahing when they left the cold air of Wisconsin
for granny's house in balmy Iowa at Xmas. What really stood out for me was the
centralized onsets of their diphthongs.