Re: ka and k^a [was: [tied] *kW- "?"]

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From: "glen gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: ka and k^a [was: [tied] *kW- "?"]


> Torsten:
> > As Torsten kindly pointed out, /a/ as a phoneme is
> > rather rare in English.
>
> No way. In Standard Canadian English, the diphthong
> "ai" is pronounced /aj/ -- that's a central vowel in
> this case.

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Patrick:

SCE <ai> is pronounced [ey] not [ay].

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