At 06:16 AM 1/15/01, Charles wrote:
>Michael Everson wrote:
>
>"The pronuncuation ['juni:ko:d] with [i:] or [i] instead of schwa irritates
>me a lot. No one would pronounce "universe" with an [i]."
>
>I beg to differ; "universe" is commonly pronounced with a short [i] in the
>English Midlands.
And indeed on this side of the Pond, [i] is common (I find it unnatural to
drop my tongue enough for the schwa), and I have heard (iirc) [i:] in the
southeastern U.S.
-- Curtis Clark http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/ Biological Sciences Department Voice: (909) 869-4062 California State Polytechnic University FAX: (909) 869-4078 Pomona CA 91768-4032 USA jcclark@csupomona.edu
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