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Re: Phonetic question

__From__: jim_breen
__Subject__: Re: Phonetic question
__Date__: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:28:47 -0600

Sean Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit:
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(B> This singer/finger thing is along the lines of the distinction, still
(B>extant in much of the civilized world, between "permit" the verb and
(B>"permit" the noun, or "adult" the adjective and "adult" the noun.
(B
(BI agree with perMIT/PERmit, but here at least "adult" has a stressed short "a"
(Bfor the first syllable for both the adjective and noun. I think it's the same
(Bin Britgo. Paul? Louise?
(B
(B-- 
(BJim Breen
(Bhttp://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
(BComputer Science & Software Engineering,
(BMonash University, VIC 3800, Australia 
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