User:Cassowary

My versions of JNW's strange words.

(Headings and order are based strictly on JNW's page.)

Footnotes:

• * Phonemically equivalent to JNW’s version
• † JNW’s version is irregular and unusual
• ‡ My version is irregular and unusual

[ʌ]

• strawberry† - [stʃɹoːbɹi], [stʃɹoːbɹi]‡
• wash† - [wɔʃ]
• Washington† - [ˈwɔʃɪŋtən]
• squash† - [skwɔʃ]

[wɔ]

• quarter - [kʰʷoːɾɐ], [kʰoːɾɐ]* (but quarry* - [kʰwɔɹi]*)
• quartz - [kʰʷoːts], quarts* [kʰoːts]*, courts* [kʰoːts]*

[ɛ]

• catch‡ - [kʰætʃ]
• that‡ - [ðæt], [ðət]

[ʌj]

(In this section, I won't mark equivalence or divergence as it's a split. Note that the two versions imd are just allophones caused by a following voiceless consonant; this behavior is very common imd and I don't show it or comparble non-phonemic cases in other sections.)

• eyes - [ɑˑez]
• bide - [bɑˑed]
• ice - [ɑes]
• bite - [bɑet]
  • Idaho, Ida [ɑˑe]
  • cider, spider [ɑˑe]
  • icon [ɑe], nikon [ɪ], daikon [ɑe]
  • cyclops, psycho [ɑe]
  • life [lɑef] → lives [lɑˑevz]
• high, high school [ɑˑe]
• ‘I scream’ [ɑˑe], ‘icecream’ [ɑe]

[Æ]

(Again, it's hard to make a claim of eqivalence or divergence due to the split/merger in JNW's English.)

• before /l, r/
  • ail, ale - [æijəɫ]
  • Al - [æːɫ]
  • trailer (both senses) - [tʃɹæilɐ]
  • mailing/Maling - [mæilɪŋ]
  • Beowulf - [bæiwʊf], [beː-], [bɪi-]
  • nightmare - [ˈnɑetmeː]
  • ‘night mare’ - [ˈnɑet ˈmeː]
  • air - [eː]
• before /m, n/
  • an [æn], hand [hæːnd]
  • Hannah [hænɐ]
• before /ŋ, g/
  • waggon, hang [wægən], [hæɪŋ]~[hæŋ]

/ɩ/

I skip this section.

[ɒ]

• collar* - [kʰɔlɐ]*, caller* - [kʰoːlɐ]*
• holler* - [hɔlɐ]*, hauler* - [hoːlɐ]*
• collie* - [kʰɔli]*
• cauliflower - [kʰɔliflæɔwɐ]

voicing

• Jacob† - [dʒæikəb]
• Virginia† - [vəˈdʒɪnjɐ]
• substitute† - [sabstətʃʉːt]
• hubcap† - [habkæp]
• ostrich* - [ɔstʃɹɪdʒ]*, sandwich [sæːmwɪdʒ]

other

• comfortable* - [kʰamftəbəɫ]*
• Wednesday* - [wenzdæi]*
• February - [febjəɹi]

Elision

• family - [fæːməli]‡, [fæːmli]* (never *[fæməli] as the orthography would suggest)
• favorite* - [fæivɹət]*
• asteroid - [æstəɹoid], [æstʃɹoid]
• privledge* - [pʰrɪvlɪdʒ]*
• potato, pathetic - [pʰə-]
• katana [kʰə-], tomato [tʰə-]

of /r/ is so "well derr" imd that I'll skip it—except to observe that "February" is covered above.

Other People

• diaper - [dɑepɐ]
• diamond - [dɑemənd]
• hop - [hɔp]
• restaurant - [ɹest(ə)ɹɔnt] (note that if the [ə] is dropped, I don't get tɹ→tʃɹ)
• because - [bəkɔz]
• association - [əsɔʉʃiæʃən]
• material - [mətʰɪːɹiəɫ]