Phonemic vowel length

[Tom Zurinskas]

That would be UK pronunciation, no?  Are you from UK?

Tom Z


>From: Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at WMICH.EDU>
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>Because the vowel in "English" is the same phoneme as that in "pit"
>thanks to a 13th c. (or so) rule that raised all /E/ (as in pet)
>before "eng".  The pronunciation was not reflected in spelling,
>unlike in the word "wing" which went through the same exact change.
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>Paul Johnston
>On Oct 4, 2006, at 8:46 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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> > Why the spelling "Inglish"?
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> > Tom Z
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> >> From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
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> >>   Future Inglish Alert:
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