`bast'

Max W Wheeler maxw at cogs.susx.ac.uk
Fri Mar 26 18:29:38 UTC 1999


I have no intuitive knowledge of the pronunciation of this word, but as
I native speaker of RP I observe that <-ast> in a final syllable under
primary stress always has /A:st/ for me: cast, last, mast, aghast,
repast, etc/. Not necessarily secondary stressed, however: gymnast,
pederast, bombast have /&/.

Max
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