Phonemic vowel length

[Paul Johnston]

No, it's American pronunciation.  I went to grad school in the UK,
but I'm from Monroe, NY via Hinsdale, IL and Morristown, NJ.  All
three of those towns would have /I/ in this word.  So would all UK
dialects, by the way.

Paul Johnston
On Oct 5, 2006, at 3:37 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:

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> That would be UK pronunciation, no?  Are you from UK?
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> Tom Z
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>> 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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