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Odin2005

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10. The technical term for this is morphophonology.

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Thu Nov 13, 2014, 04:01 AM

Nov 2014

Another example of this is in "-'ve", it is pronounced "uhv" before a vowel and "uh" before a consonant. Hence "would-a", should-a, and could-a.

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Pronunciation of articles in English [View all] Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 OP

What the ____? CurtEastPoint Nov 2014 #1

Verily I say unto thee ... Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 #5

My speech prefers schwa before everything but a stressed vowel. Igel Nov 2014 #8

Interesting but cryptic, as always. Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 #9

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. Scuba Nov 2014 #2

Heathcliff! Heathcliff! n/t Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 #3

I don't get the reference. Please help. Scuba Nov 2014 #4

Heathcliff is a character Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 #6

OK, but what's that got to do with "thu" and "thee"? Scuba Nov 2014 #7

The technical term for this is morphophonology. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #10

Interesting. Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 #11

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