Ukelele: depalatization and palatization - accommodation?

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> The /u/ vs. /e/ distinction is not something I was aware of.

Same here. Th first time that I read the readme, I couldn't even see
what difference in spelling the guy was talking about.

As a child in Texas in the late '30's and the early '40's, I learned
the pronunciation, "YEWka-lee" ['juk@,li], for this word. An instance
of haplogy,;-) no doubt.And I had no inkling till I read your post
that a pronunciation without initial /j-/ existed.

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