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From: sarima@netcom.com (Stanley Friesen)
Subject: Re: Question: Vowelless word
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In article <aldersonD66I3w.D08@netcom.com>,
Richard M. Alderson III <alderson@netcom.com> wrote:
>
>An English word that exhibits this hierarchy is "iron" (for which I know two
>pronunciations):
>
>	[Ajrn]	monosyllabic
>	[Aj.rn]	disyllabic (my native pronunciation)
>
And I vacillate between these two pronunciations, depending on how
carefully I am speaking.

(Though I would transcribe my disyllabic form more as [Aj.jrn],
with an effectively geminated i-glide).
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