Date:  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 21:02:50 EST

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: supervisor/coupon



I was wondering about 'insular' (for me, it CAN start out the way 'insolent'

does, but it can also have the [...syu...] in it) or 'consular'. Those seem

more likely candidates than the ones with second-syllable stress (assume,

consume), although I'm pretty sure I hear 'consyoomer' at least as often as

'consoomer'. What's interesting is that it clearly isn't a phonological or

"low-level" phonetic constraint, since I have no trouble (nor, I assoom, does

Natalie) with

    Did he [KISyu]?

    Doesn't that just [pIsyu] off?



Larry