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Windy-Wendy merger
How do you pronounce the following words?
windy Wendy pin pen when win I pronounce them as: windy Wendy [wIndi] [wIndi] when win [wIn] [wIn] pin pen [pIn] [pEn]
>> I'm guessing you're from either New Zealand or South Africa, right? <<
Nope. I'm from America.
I mentioned the origins of the "e" and "i" vowel confusin last week.
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t3136.htm
>> I mentioned the origins of the "e" and "i" vowel confusin last week. <<
Oh, yes, and I pronounce get as [gIt].
I say wendy and windy differently.
Chris, are you from the high plains or the South?
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_the_high_front_vowels#Pin-pen_merger <<
>> The pin-pen merger is a conditional merger of /I/ and /E/ before the nasal consonants [m], [n], and [ŋ] << What's interesting is that I don't merge pin [pIn], and pen [pEn]. They are clearly distinct for me. It only seems to affect Windy-Wendy [wIndi] (but not went [wEnt] vs. winter [wIn@`]) and when-win [wIn] for some reason, as well as /E/ before [NT] such as length [lINkT] and strength [strINkT]. All other words with /I/ or /E/ before nasal consonants are distinct: sin [sIn] or sing [sIN] vs century [sEntS@`ri]; send [sEnd]; end [End]. I guess [gIs] I must just be weird... |