Zompist Bboard Again

Der Unterscheid zwischen "toten" und "ausgestorbenen" Sprachen für mich ist dass "tote" Sprachen hörte nie auf, gesprochen zu werden, im Gegensatz zu "ausgestorbenen" Sprachen. The difference between "dead" and "extinct" languages for me i...

As I have mentioned previously, my idiolect has marked palatalization of /t/ in quite a few words where GA lacks it, and I notice that at least my mother has this as well. (I can confirm she pronounces sister as [ˈsɘɕtɕʁ̩(ː)].) But one word in particular that sticks out which I notice myself having...

As I have mentioned previously, my idiolect has marked palatalization of /t/ in quite a few words where GA lacks it, and I notice that at least my mother has this as well. (I can confirm she pronounces sister as [ˈsɘɕtɕʁ̩(ː)].) But one word in particular that sticks out which I notice myself having ...

Then there are things such as the merger of than and then as /ðɛn/ in much of NAE and how here Illinois is pronounced with a /ɛ/ as do some people pronounce milk, like you and my mother, and vanilla.

Was, were, and would are frequently reduced to [ɘːs]~[ɘːz]*, [ʁ̩(ː)], and [ʊːt]~[ʊːd]* respectively in the dialect here.

* voiceless final consonants by default, but voiced if followed in the next word by a vowel or semivowel