Re: THEORY: h huffnpuffery (was: RE: varia)

Raymond Brown wrote:
> Cf. fill [fI5] ~ fiddle ['fId5=]; boy [bOj] ~ body ['bOdi]
> (Brit. pronunciation).  Wouldn't it logical to write ['bOdj=] ?
Sure.  Indeed, many linguists use /i/ with the non-syllabic diacritic
for /j/.  I suppose it would be just as reasonable to use /j=/ for /i/

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