tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post766640503502719156..comments2024-01-08T18:25:51.974+00:00Comments on Kraut's English phonetic blog: Say, I am happy!Krauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-89146972885680672982014-04-07T14:33:33.539+01:002014-04-07T14:33:33.539+01:00Isn't it just a matter of which linguistic cre...Isn't it just a matter of which linguistic creed you prefer? The RP community had it's own, which allowed /ɪ/ in open syllables, so no rules were broken. On the other hand that creed also claimed that the RP phoneme system was the British English phoneme system, which means almost everyone else was breaking the rules of English some of the time. On the other hand, if your creed insists that /ɪ/ only occurs in closed syllables in English, the final vowel of "happy" would be /i/, with [ɪ] as a possible allophone in weak syllables (with detensing by reduction). For those flavours of RP that have "happeh" you would also have [ɛ] as an allophone of /i/ in weak open syllables, to express that mannerism.Sidney Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138711082469220983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-16237845236486734692014-04-04T19:53:29.942+01:002014-04-04T19:53:29.942+01:00Interesting! By the way, did you notice the intona...Interesting! By the way, did you notice the intonation in the first half of the recording: <br /><br />FIRST ACTOR – Say, I \AM happy [ˌseɪ aɪ ˈæm ˌhæpɪ].<br />SECOND ACTOR (clearly, a Spanish-minded gentleman) – I am \HAPpy [aɪ æm ˈhæpi].<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762196203762970377noreply@blogger.com