>>Mason Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:44 am GMT
>"njew" can be heard occasionally in Californian speech due to [u] fronting which makes an [i]-sound-like byproduct.
It's still not the same as a British "new" though (I'm not implying you said anything like this, I just want to point it out) since the Californian "new" has the fronted part of the diphthong as nucleus.
British: [nj}:] -> [}:] is the nucleus
Californian: [n1w] -> [1] is the nucleus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-sampa
>"njew" can be heard occasionally in Californian speech due to [u] fronting which makes an [i]-sound-like byproduct.
It's still not the same as a British "new" though (I'm not implying you said anything like this, I just want to point it out) since the Californian "new" has the fronted part of the diphthong as nucleus.
British: [nj}:] -> [}:] is the nucleus
Californian: [n1w] -> [1] is the nucleus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-sampa