occasional observations on English pronunciation features, phonetics, teaching and learning
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
a tap in a penny
This is an open call to my friendly followers who are native speakers of American English. Those of you who say [beɾi] for Betty, [beɾɪŋ] for bedding, or [leɾɚ] for letter, do you also say [pẽɾ̃i] for penny? In other words: Do you tap the /n/?
aɪ ʃ θɪŋʔ mɛɾ̃i pipl du ðaʔ — ɪŋ kaʒl staɪlz
ReplyDelete@jwl: θɛ̃ə̃ŋks
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