last laugh on awe-dropping

[Mark Mandel]

AFAICT, I also pronounce it with only one schwa: /la'gwardi@/. (Both
parents New Yorkers, grew up in NYC and Westchester.)

Mark Mandel


On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> At 2/8/2009 10:48 AM, RonButters at aol.com wrote:
> >In most (all?) varieties of American English, [a] reduces to schwa
> >when unstressed. The pronunciation of "LaGuardia" with two schwas is
> >totally normal in ordinary speech cadence. It is totally unremarkable.
>
> Not in my normal speech, and I would remark on it (or silently wonder
> if the speaker was from out of town).
>
> Joel

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