~chooldrin

[Tom Zurinskas]

>From: FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US>
>
>How about 'twunty' =20
>Fritz


Right.  And with the "t" dropped as well.  ~twunee.   Dictionaries don't go
into the fact that we eat final consonants, like "t" and "d" for glottal
stops.  I try to tradspeek it ~twentee.

Tom Z

>
> >>> truespel at HOTMAIL.COM 10/17/2006 7:00 PM >>>
>I've noticed a change in pronunciaiton of "children".  I would assume
>it to
>be ~childrin (~ denotes truespel notation).  But I'm hearing
>everywhere
>~chooldrin (where ~ool is as in ~wool).

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