Date:  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 08:37:11 -0500

From:  Shana Walton <swalton[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WHALE.ST.USM.EDU>

Subject: IG-nert



You mean there's another pronunciation?! Aw shucks, I feel so ignernt. We

grew up (native of La and Tenn) saying it that way in jest and otherwise.

But when I say it it's /IG nernt/ with a vestige of the alveolar nasal

before a reduced stop. I'd have to think about it, but that nasal may be

voiceless (not uncommon around here for word-final nasals to only be

partially voiced).









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Shana Walton

Mississippi Oral History Program

University of Southern Mississippi

swalton[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]whale.st.usm.edu

(601) 266-5606