Pronunciation question (from L. Urdang)

[Sarah Lang]

I hear that all the time (South Side Chicago).

S.

On May 29, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Doug Harris wrote:

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> And I'm reminded of the splendid commercial on British TV in the
> 1970s for,
> I believe, a sophisticated beverage: The pretty girl ruins the
> effect when
> she says, "Noice 'ere in'it?"
> (the other) doug
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> In truespel I represent them, ~didint, ~woodint, ~koodint, ~shoodint (
> syllables each).  However, "won't" and "don't" are one syllable each.
> Interesting about "won't", I often hear it as ~woent and as ~wuent
> (where
> ~ue is as in "true").  It's about 50/50.
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> Tom Zurinskas
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