slang/slant

[Tom Zurinskas]

slang/slant
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:27:25 -0400

m-w.com notation should be long a for "slang hang bang bank thank sank" and
short a for "slant ban sand" and the like, in agreement with the
pronunciation that they provide for these words.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.


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>Poster:       Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: slang/slant
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>If you "find it very hard to say 'slang' with a short a" (IPA /ae/), why do
>you insist that m-w's notation "should be short a"? Since dictionaries
>purport to represent "real" pronunciation, isn't your argument quite
>illogical?
>
>Beverly Flanigan--born and bred in the USA (why do you doubt this?)
>MN-25 yrs; St. Louis, MO-10 yrs; Bloomington, IN-10 yrs; Athens, OH-20 yrs
>and counting.
>

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