Re: [Re: [IE conlangs]]

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, John Cowan wrote:

> Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > Those two being homophones in Southern American English, /bIn/, of
> > course.  :-)
>
> In all U.S. Englishes, I think, except perhaps Eastern New England.
If the originals were "been" and "bin", then they aren't, generally,
homophones here in Md.  Mostly, the one sounds like /bEn/ the other /bIn/.
I think I've got that right.

Padraic.

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>         You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
>         You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
>                 Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)
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