words starting with "ex"

[Tom Zurinskas]

I collect data all the time, listening to meda.  Having respelled the
English language phonetically, I'm as expert as anyone.  That's why I think
"ex" is most often pronounced in USA as short e, or an allophone thereof,
rather than short i or an allophone thereof.

I asked here for data, for opinions.  No one here apparently feels qualified
enough to give an opinion on this subject.  It amazes me that people don't
trust their own ears.  They say, like you, go read a book and see what "some
expert (ixpert?)" says.

Send us some sound files, Amy, to show us the diffence between "ix" and "ex"
for some words and let us hear which sounds more typical.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at
authorhouse.com.





>From: Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: words starting with "ex"
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:12:24 -0400
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>Poster:       Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
>Subject:      Re: words starting with "ex"
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>You misunderstand me:
>
>What I want to say in a very direct way is this: leave M-W out of it,
>go out and collect your own data in the wild, and study the
>linguistic field of phonology/phonetics. Take Laurence Urdang's
>advice.
>
>---Amy West
>
> >Date:    Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:32:37 +0000
> >From:    Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
> >Subject: Re: words starting with "ex"
> >
> >Thanks Amy,
> >
> >I really should say that the m-w.com site is truly a marvelous free
>resource
> >and commend Marriam-Webster and all that worked on it for a fine job.
> >Hearing the spoken word actually revolutionizes the dictionary.  Sound
>files
> >must be used in this forum as well.  This is a wonderful thing they did.
> >
> >Many of the issues I address I believe are due to changing pronunciation
> >over time that legacy phonetic spelling hasn't kept up with, or due to
>mixed
> >accents.  I certainly never intimated that the pronunciation were "from
>the
> >wild."
> >
> >I agree that phonetic spelling is needlessly cryptic and should be redone
>in
> >an English friendly way so it's more accessible, especially for
>instructing
> >in reading and English pronunciation.  That's the thrust of truespel.
> >
> >What you seem to have said below is that my reliance on m-w.com as a
> >pronunciation guide for typical USA accent is a good one because m-w.com
>is
> >ably quality controlled, with the proviso that regional accents will
>vary.
> >I agree with you.
> >
> >Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> >See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at
> >authorhouse.com.
>
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