The duration of /ae/ and /ai/

[Paul Johnston]

The noun has the usual reflex of /ae/ + nasal

  in the various dialects.  Usually, it is tensed (and diphthongized).

Paul Johnston
On Jan 23, 2008, at 10:12 AM, LanDi Liu wrote:

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> On Jan 23, 2008 10:48 PM, David Bowie <db.list at pmpkn.net> wrote:
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>> p.s. I never use ash in the verb can, stressed or not. (Stressed
>> can i
>> pronounce [kEn] or, when i'm really relaxed, [kIn].) I was once
>> flat-out
>> told by a linguist who should have known better that i was lying
>> when i
>> said that. It's my second-favorite bizarre wrong thing i was told
>> by my
>> linguistics teachers.
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> What about the noun "can"?
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> And what's the first-favorite?
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> Randy Alexander
> Jilin City, China
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