http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=329 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-149906 February Links « Literal-Minded Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:20:50 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=329#comment-149906 [...] have two from Robert Beard of Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog. First is a funny story involving regional accents and breakfast in a Pennsylvania Dutch restaurant. In [...] [...] have two from Robert Beard of Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog. First is a funny story involving regional accents and breakfast in a Pennsylvania Dutch restaurant. In [...]

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-149445 Robert Beard Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:36:19 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=329#comment-149445 As you know, [ʧ] is actually [tʃ] and the combination [tʃtʃt] will be reduced to something. Remember, these are high school girls talking to someone busy cooking so articulation was not an issue. As you know, [ʧ] is actually [tʃ] and the combination [tʃtʃt] will be reduced to something. Remember, these are high school girls talking to someone busy cooking so articulation was not an issue.

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-149437 Neal Whitman Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:18:10 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=329#comment-149437 Of course, the cook would also have had to interpret [potʃt eks] as [potʃt ʃteks], mentally diplologizing what he'd taken to be a haplologized [ʃt ʃt] (assuming that /st/ -> [ʃt] in this variety of German). But this is plausible, too (especially in light of the fact that it obviously happened): I pronounce <I>best stick</i> as [bɛstːIk] instead of [bɛst stIk]. Of course, the cook would also have had to interpret [potʃt eks] as [potʃt ʃteks], mentally diplologizing what he’d taken to be a haplologized [ʃt ʃt] (assuming that /st/ -> [ʃt] in this variety of German). But this is plausible, too (especially in light of the fact that it obviously happened): I pronounce best stick as [bɛstːIk] instead of [bɛst stIk].

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