Phonologically Peculiar English Words (was: IE lexical accent)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:

> > consider the variation in the pronunciation
> > of <width> and <length>
>
> What variation? I'm only aware of /wIdT/ and /lENkT/. How else

are these

> words pronounced?

<width> can also be [wItT].

<length> can also be [leNT] (Chambers, Concise Oxford Dictionary 4th
edition) and [lenT]. I'm not certain of [lenT], but I believe it's
behind the spelling <lenth> one occasionally encounters in
handwritten notices.

Richard.