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

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:05:54 -0700 (PDT), glen gordon
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>First, I ***LIVE*** in Canada! I know what standard
>Canadian English sounds like because I live it! I
>explained already that the standard is /aj/ and if
>anyone wishes to question this, the matter can be
>easily settled by watching one of our channels:
>
> Try the CBC => http://www.cbc.ca

The reference was probably to "Canadian raising", the
pronunciation of /aI/ as [&I] (and /aU/ as [&U]) before
voiceless consonants.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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