I pronounce "guest" as "gist". Likewise, "get", "again" and "guess" are "git", "agin" and "giss" for me. Does anyone else have those pronunciations? I'm from the Northwest U.S.
Pronouncing "guest".
I likewise have [E] in "guest" ["gEst], "get" ["gE?], "again" [@:"gE~:n], and "guess" ["gEs].
Interesting that someone else would bring this up. I pronounce them like Guest above.
I pronounce them all with [e]: same phoneme as Travis & Lazar different accent.
I use [E] in all these words. I wasn't aware that any North American accents didn't. Although 'get' is often unstressed, and my default unstressed vowel is [I] so I sometimes have [gI?] for 'get'
I had no idea [I] was used in place of [E] in the Northwest US. I've read that it is in part of California and of course the South. Interesting.
Am I think only one that has two pronounciations for "just"?
just is [dZ6st] when talking as in "justice" or "Fair".
just is [dZUst]~[dZ1st] when in a sentance like "I just wanted to talk to her, that's all..."
Sorry for posting this in this thread, but I can't start a new one.
just is [dZ6st] when talking as in "justice" or "Fair".
just is [dZUst]~[dZ1st] when in a sentance like "I just wanted to talk to her, that's all..."
Sorry for posting this in this thread, but I can't start a new one.
<<Am I think only one that has two pronounciations for "just"?>>
No, I think that's pretty common. 'Just' meaning 'fair' is usually stressed, wheras 'just' meaning 'only' often isn't and is therefore reduced. I have basically the same pronunciations as you for these, though I don't think I would use [U].
No, I think that's pretty common. 'Just' meaning 'fair' is usually stressed, wheras 'just' meaning 'only' often isn't and is therefore reduced. I have basically the same pronunciations as you for these, though I don't think I would use [U].
Yeah, I have reduced pronunciations for "just" in the same contexts as you and Josh - I think I'd use [@] or [I\].
I likewise unreduced "just" ["dZVst] versus reduced "just" ["dZVs] with the same sort of distribution and usage.
Here's how I pronounce them:
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I actually thought that just about everyone pronounced them like that. Almost everyone here says that like that. I've heard tv and radio announcers say them like that a lot. I've heard books on tape, where the reader said them like that. I'm beginning to think that this is one of the unusual quirks of the Pacific Northwestern accent? Maybe the only unusual quirk/Shibboleth of a PNW accent besides the cot-caught merger? Other than that I think my accent is the Standard, right?
http://www.ax6.org/freeupload/t2.wav
I actually thought that just about everyone pronounced them like that. Almost everyone here says that like that. I've heard tv and radio announcers say them like that a lot. I've heard books on tape, where the reader said them like that. I'm beginning to think that this is one of the unusual quirks of the Pacific Northwestern accent? Maybe the only unusual quirk/Shibboleth of a PNW accent besides the cot-caught merger? Other than that I think my accent is the Standard, right?
Oh and besides the -ing as -een thing as well. That's unique, right? I guess no one else has that?
<<Oh and besides the -ing as -een thing as well. That's unique, right? I guess no one else has that?>>
Doesn't California have that as well?
Doesn't California have that as well?