spelling pronunciation--words in -or

[Tom Zurinskas]

I don't recall ever hearing ~metufer, always ~metufor.


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




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> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:58:51 -0400
> From: cdoyle at UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: spelling pronunciation--words in -or
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Charles Doyle
> Subject: Re: spelling pronunciation--words in -or
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> My students occasionally evince incredulity/amusement/anguish at my pronunciation of "metaphor" with an unstressed final syllable /-f at r/.
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> Dictionaries record both pronunciations; I wonder what their distribution is?
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> --Charlie
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