All 40 USA English phonemes (Was Re: Eggcorn? "warn" > "worn")

[Tom Zurinskas]

"Son/sun" have the same vowel as "sung" ~sun/~sung as I hear in m-w.com

Main Entry: 1sun
Pronunciation: \ˈsən\

sung  \ˈsəŋ

Using schwa here by m-w.com is not good.  Schwa can stand for many sounds in words.  This should be a definite short u "uh", which in truespel is ~u.  The ending g in sung shows that the "n" will be velar.  The g is suppressed often but pops up if said in a sentence like (as sung in a song) especially before a word starting with a vowel.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com




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> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:53:12 -0600
> From: gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU
> Subject: Re: All 40 USA English phonemes (Was Re: Eggcorn? "warn"> "worn")
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Matthew Gordon
> Subject: Re: All 40 USA English phonemes (Was Re: Eggcorn? "warn">
> "worn")
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> What vowel distinction do you have in 'sung' vs. 'sun'?
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> On 2/11/09 11:27 PM, "Tom Zurinskas" wrote:
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>> Take the words "ingot" and "ingrain". They are foespeld ~eengit and ~ingraen.
>> It's as though the vowels determine whether the "n" is velar or not.
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>> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
>> see truespel.com
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