Date:  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:17:48 -0600

From:  "Timothy C. Frazer" <mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>

Subject: Re: [fle:g]



On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Peter McGraw wrote:



> I'm glad somebody clarified this. I thought maybe what was meant was

> [fle[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]g], with a diphthong that I've heard as a realization of /ae/ in,

> e.g., New Jersey. [fle:g], or [flejg], on the other hand, really sounds

> outlandish and I'm sure I never heard it. Do those who use it also say

> [be:g] 'bag', [ge:g] 'gag', [le:g] 'lag' and [se:g] 'sag'?



I do.



Tim Frazer