NS > NTS (was: Re: "war" [wor])

[Tom Zurinskas]

Actually I go with ~nts for foespeleeng "prince, since, fence".  I find it's the British foespelerz that go with ~ns.  They also like ~ur instead of ~er, whle "er" is far more prevalent for that sound as in "her, sir, fur, other"

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:18:43 -0400
> From: thnidu at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: NS> NTS (was: Re: "war" [wor])
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> Poster: Mark Mandel
> Subject: Re: NS> NTS (was: Re: "war" [wor])
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> I do my very best to ignore him.
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> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
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>> That reminds me: in the not-too-distance past, TZ argued that there is
>> no "t" sound in words like "since" and "prince."
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