Ukelele: depalatization and palatization - accommodation?

[Benjamin Barrett]

The /u/ vs. /e/ distinction is not something I was aware of. It seems I have both the standard and the UK versions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukelele) in my head. Please disregard that part of the word in my post!

BTW, I am curious what happens to the shortened version: uke. My assumption is that it's always palatalized.

BB

On Mar 30, 2011, at 10:48 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> "ukelele"
> 
> I have a Mac app by this name. In the readme, the author includes an
> apologia to explain why it it is that he doesn't use the "correct"
> spelling, _ukulele_ and prefers to continue to use the "obsolete"
> spelling, _ukelele_.
> 
> Youneverknow.

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