Query: dialectal pronunciation of the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"

[Wilson Gray]

In the spoken intro to his 1973 record, Don't You Worry About a Thing,
Stevie Wonder uses - indeed, *says* - "I-Ran an' I-Rack."

He also uses "chevareh" ['tSEv at rE], which I thought was just a noise that
he had made up. It turns out that it's real Spanglish slang, based on
"Chevrolet."


On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Thomas Edison in one of his earliest recordings spoke of Eye-talians in a
> WWI motivational speech.
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> Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
> See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk
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> > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:04:51 +0000
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> > Would anyone know of any articles treating dialectal pronunciation of
> the type "EYE-talian" for "Italian"?
> > I'm particularly interested in knowing how widespread this feature is
> and what other examples of it exist.
> > Any help/guidance would be much appreciated.
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> > Gerald Cohen
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