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

[Tom Zurinskas]

from m-w.com

Main Entry:1han·gar
Pronunciation:\ˈhaŋ-ər, ˈhaŋ-gər\

The speakers pronounce the words both ways.  I doubt I would even recognize the first pronunciation with no g.  The second I would say is standard for both hanger and hangar.  Note in the second the first "a" is long and the "g" is strong.  The first pronunciation souds like "hanyer" with a short a as in hand.  To me "hanyer" is a word I don't know.

Listen to "hang" then "hanging" in m-w.com.  The speaker says no g in hang, but when saying "hanging" the "g" comes back.  Words are not meant to be said in isolation.  If "hang" is said before a word starting with a vowel the "g" comes back.  Thus, it should always be represented with the "g" because words should be depicted as used in speach.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:00:24 -0800
> From: zwicky at STANFORD.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: Arnold Zwicky
> Subject: Re: All 40 USA English phonemes (Was Re: Eggcorn? "warn">
> "worn")
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> On Feb 13, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Barbara Need wrote:
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>> Then be surprised. I do not have a [g] in that word.
>>
>>
>> On 13 Feb 2009, at 3:14 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>
>>> I find it hard to believe anyone says hanger without a full "g".
>
> the pronunciation of the various words "hanger" and of (airplane)
> "hangar" with plain engma (and not engma + g or nasalized vowel + g)
> is absolutely standard, and is the only one given in standard
> dictionaries. pronunciations with g in them are certainly attested,
> but they're non-standard.
>
> arnold
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