Klarinet Archive - Posting 000008.txt from 1999/02

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pronunciation
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:32:16 -0500

Never! Only a terminal "r" gets "dropped" in New Engaand, and that is not
really dropped - it is just modified into a diphthong. "The only thing we
have to fe-ah is fe-ah itself."

At 01:11 PM 1/31/99 EST, you wrote:
>Paulette wrote:
>
>Does deleting the "i" sound come with a Southern or Western drawl (John Wayne
>variety)? Are there other regional variations, e.g., does the "r" get dropped
>in New England
>
>Ravel
>
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