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From: kthier@festival.ed.ac.uk (K Thier)
Subject: Re: Stressed /@/
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: >The pronunciation of "Ms." is m@z. I think the stressed @ is one of this 
: >word's reasons for its lack of adoption in speech.

: Wow.  Really?  Can anyone confirm this?  It has the same vowel as "miss"
: in the U.S.

Confirmed, but it seems to cause difficulty. That's probably why
american doesn't do it.

BTW, there is a stressed central vowel in Welsh.

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