"long" and "short" vowels

[Wilson Gray]

A question for Michael, actually: does short [i] appear in word-final
position and not [I}? I've paid only casual attention to BrE, but it
seems to me that, as in Southern AmE and in BE, the better class of
speakers of BrE - not necessarily speakers of real RP; BrE-speaking
friends who, IMO, speak RP, have informed me that I am mistaken, e.g.,
Nick Ostler - use [I] in word-final position.

-Wilson

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Tom Zurinskas<truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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