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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: The Tune-Questionaire
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In article <rte-1408951006300001@mac-118.lz.att.com>, rte@elmo.lz.att.com
(Ralph T. Edwards) wrote:

on when the /j/ element is pronounced in consonant + formerly French u
 
> Well, I screwed the pooch on this one.  There appear to be four categories
> here.  (All apply only to stressed syllables.  The /j/ survives in other
> syllables (annual, volume, etc.)

Whoops again:

/j/ also gets lost in initial unstressed syllables (in (most of) the US):

duplicitous
nutritious

So maybe the rule is loss after dental/alveolar consonants when unambiguously
in the same syllable?

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R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031
