Re: English Haplology and Degemination

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> At 6:19:22 AM on Saturday, March 1, 2008, Richard Wordingham
> wrote:

> > I was struck to notice that I pronounce the adjective and
> > noun _parallel_ differently.

> Interesting. Is your pronunciation of the noun more like
> mine?

Yes - adjective /pær&l&l/ and noun /"pær&%lel/. (Might as well use
IPA 'æ' rather than SAMPA '{' - we've got Latin-1 at our disposal.) I
long ago concluded that I don't actually have syllabic consonants in
my speech. Sometimes I use /pær&lel/ for the adjective.

Richard.