LL-L "Phonology" 2002.08.04 (03) [E]

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From: erek gass <egass at caribline.com>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2002.08.01 (01) [E]

Regarding Gary's note:

It really doesn't astonish me as an American that East Anglians (I don't
know about Essex) tend to retain their aitches.  Here in America we
largely retain and pronounce aitches wherever they occur.  Particularly
in New England, but really elsewhere throughout the British colonial
settlement of what is now the Unitied States, east Anglians were a major
(often THE major) immigration pool.  It is logical that American English
is heavily fortified by East Anglian speech patterns and conventions.
[Note that many New England towns have their counterparts in East
Anglia, e.g., Boston.]

Regarding Luc's comments:

"Devoicing" is hardly amazing to me either.  Here in Pennsylvania,
specifically in the Deitsch area, many persons, especially those
"Pennsylvania Dutchmen" in their 70s and upward, tend to pronounce
voiced consoants more or less voicelessly.  This is especially the case
when they sing, and in church I'll often hear hymns being sung calling
Jesus (normal pronunciation "jeez-us"), "Cheedsus", and God comes out as
"Kaht". [Again, I apologise for providing an example from a High German
language -- I think it is a widerspread phenomenon than some may
recognise, and may vary from region to region within the same language
group.  Those of you who actually live in areas affected may be able to
assess this more accurately than my mere speculation.]

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