Re: Terminology defsq

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From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Terminology defsq


> John Cowan wrote:
> > I say /INgUlf/, /INgordZ/, /INgejdZ/ /@n+gIldId/, /AngowIN/.
> > "Ungilded" has a definite juncture, and "ongoing" has initial stress,
> > which probably account for the lack of assimilation.
> So, other native speakers of English: what do you use in those words?
> /ng/ or /Ng/ or something in between?  It would be interesting to see
> which dialects use /n/, and which use /N/.
I seem to alternate between [N] and [n]... mostly, though, I say [N]. Also I
use a vowel more like [E] than [I]... [EN"gVlf].

PS: I thought it was interesting that John pronounces ing- as [INg] but un-
as [@n] rather than [Vn].