postvocalic /l/

[Paul Johnston]

Sure, and you can get another point for Aitken's Law, two points for /
u/-fronting, and three for pharyngealized and vocalized postvocalic /r/.

Yours,
Paul Johnston (ex-Linguistic Survey of Scotland)
On Mar 8, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote:

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>> And in the Scots case, it goes back to the 15th century, too.
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> Sir, sir, please may I get extra marks for being in possession of a
> glottal
> stop?
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> As the old tragic joke has it:
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> Teacher:      What's your name, boy?
> Pupil:          Pa??erson, sir, with two t's.
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> The Wa?er Boy
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> (Glory halleluiah, codliver oil and the orange juice)
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