Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 23:00:14 CST

From: "Donald M. Lance" ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET

Subject: Re: [u]/[ju]



Seems to me that the explanation of [nyun nyuz] is that this is an "new"

development and not hypercorrection -- response to Rudy Troike's comment.

That is, /u/, including this item in words that earlier had /yu/, is

developing an on-glide. The fact that the nyoon nyoos is on TV, whose

pronunciation "experts" think the correct pronunciation is [nyuz], makes

it SEEM that hypercorrection is at work. DMLance