Enclish -chr- was: [tied] potto

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister wrote:

> Where? Or is it ideolectic like apical /S/ in English?

> --- On Tue, 1/8/13, Brian M. Scott wrote:
>> Some native speakers of English also have it.

In England, occurring in pretty standard English. Whereas Jones reported a retroflex allophone of /t/ before /r/ in Received Pronunciation, some speakers retract further and have the affricate [tS] before /r/. It is less frequent than the corresponding [dZr] for RP /dr/. (I've also heard RP /dr/ reduced to /dZ/.) Phonologically the rule is usually applied before schwa deletion, but the sequencing is variable, or at least, it is in my speech. Thus, if schwa deletion (syncopation) is taken as being lexical, I have a phonemic contrast between /tr/ (-<tor>-, -<tar>-) and /tSr/ (<tr>) that is variably neutralised.

Richard.