Re: Phonetic question

In the mythical land of sci.lang.japan, the long-lost Trinker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I finally got a NSOE to say "finger" and "singer" for me, and noted the
>difference, but I definitely don't normally have a distinction in my
>own version of English.  It's one of the mostly-hidden bits of telltale
>on the way I learned English, I suppose.

There's no distinction in Liverpuddlian - if you learnt your English
from the Beatles you'd say "singGer" as well as "fingGer".

-Shez.
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