Date:  Fri, 18 Feb 1994 10:58:20 -0500

From:  ALICE FABER <FABER%LENNY[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VENUS.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: /k(j)upan/



I think that Jack Chambers is right about the pronunciation of COUPON being

unrelated to the /njuz/-/nuz/ difference. The pronunciation /kjupan/ is one of

the few that I have been unable to suppress my cringing at, despite 20+ years

of linguistics education and practice. I suspect that, at least in New York

State, there is some sort of social marking to the choice of /kjupan/ vs.

/kupan/, but I don't have a clue what. I'll ask my sister, who has lived in

the Albany area and in Plattsburgh if she has any ideas. (She's a /kjupan/

speaker...)



Alice Faber

Faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]yalehask