LL-L "Phonology" 2003.04.10 (02) [E]

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From: James Henry <j.henry at uba.uva.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.04.10 (01) [E]

>From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
>Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.04.09 (03) [E]
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>on 10/4/03 0:41 Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote
>> Do/did (some) Scots speakers use a bilabial "f"? If so, would it be used
>> for every "f" sound, or preferentially in certain words, or perhaps
>> preferentially before /u/ or /w/?
>Folks in the area of Aberdeen use this in the local dialect e.g. "Fwhoat
>is't". If Ian Rankin (Rebus novels) is to be believed the area is known as
>"Furryboot Coutnry" and the natives as "Furryboots"......'Fwurriboot dae Ye
>come frae ?' for 'Where are you from'.
>Regards
>Tom
>Tom Mc Rae PSOC
>Brisbane Australia
>"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
>To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
>And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'
This is certainly used by Forfar "loons".
            Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards

            James R. Henry

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Phonology

Hi Ron and all

you asked

Questions:

(1) Do similar or identical phonological rules apply
in some English dialects of the British Isles?

(2) Have American dialects inherited or invented these
rules?

I'm not entirely sure whether you were referring to
the rules of assimilation or the rules of pronouncing
intervocalic t as a flap.

Assimilation to the 'n' does occur sporadically in
London English, 'wanna', and 'twenny' (for twenty) are
two examples.

A 't' in intervocalic position can be a 'ts', a
glottal stop or in rapid speech a flap.

My feeling is that both the assimilation and the flap
are features which have spread from America rather
than vice versa.

Gary

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