quality of final <-y> (was: Fricative voicing . . .)

[Wilson Gray]

You're very welcome, Mark. It was my honor. And, of course, I apologize for
my misinterpretation of your post.

-Wilson

On 5/14/06, Mark A. Mandel <mamandel at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: quality of final <-y> (was: Fricative voicing . . .)
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> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> raises his eyebrows:
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> For me, the final vowel is [i] when I'm "talking proper." Otherwise, I use
> [I]. Mark, I'm surprised that you're surprised WRT English English.
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> "You were inattentive." I said:
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> > I was actually surprised when English (UK) linguists
> > informed me that over yonder it's a phonetic [I].
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> "*Was* surprised". Past tense. Quite some time ago.
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> Other than that, thanks for the elaboration and "mirror image"
> description.
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> m
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