Date:    Fri, 29 May 1998 17:31:48 -0400
<br>From:    Alan Baragona <baragonasa[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VAX.VMI.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: kleenex, sheetrock, and dragon systems; emoticon
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<br>At 05:09 PM 5/29/98 -0400, David Bergdahl wrote:
<br>>On Fri, 29 May 1998, Alan Baragona wrote:
<br>>>
<br>>> Oops. Let me revise that.  The pronunciation I was taught by the computer
<br>>> geek had the lax /I/, not the diphthong, which is what I was looking at, but
<br>>> not the /mat/.  So I pronounce it /i.'mot.I.kan/.
<br>>>
<br>>I'm surprised at all these intervocalic T's!! This qtr I was interviewed
<br>>by a TESOL student who had just returned from seven years in Indonesia.
<br>>When I mentioned the term he wrote down "emodican"    :-)   I say [i 'mod
<br>>[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] kan], obviously.
<br>>
<br>
<br>You're right, it should be surprising for an intervocalic dental, but in
<br>fact my /t/ is definitely and consistently voiceless.  Probably trying to
<br>emphasize the connection to "emote."  Don't know why I don't feel the need
<br>to emphasize the connection to "icon" with a diphthong, but the analogy with
<br>"lexicon" seems to be stronger for me (or for the person who taught me the
<br>word, whom I'm just imitating).  If I used the word more often, I might
<br>eventually voice it.
<br>
<br>Alan B.
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