Re: AmE just solution/gist in time

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:21:55 -0700, "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 26, 5:14 pm, hru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Herman Rubin) wrote:
In article <1182892080.989767.15...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Peter T. Daniels <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 26, 2:18 pm, hru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Herman Rubin) wrote:
I agree that "just" and "trust" rhyme, but neither
rhymes with "must". The vowel in "must" is closer
to "ah" than to "uh".
Now that's one I've never heard of.

To me, the "us" in "must" sounds like the word "us",
while the "us" in "just" sounds like the ending "ous"
in words like "jealous". I clearly hear the difference.

Are you talking about "just" as in justice, or "just" as in "I saw
that just a moment ago"?

If the latter, then you have exactly the rare distinction that John
Swindle is talking about.


Sure, if it's a question of different sounds for "just" as an
adjective and "just" as an adverb, whatever those respective sounds
may be. But I'm not sure that was the distinction Herman Rubin was
making. Not that I crave uniqueness in that regard, either. I'd
rather have everybody say, "Of course! We always say those two
differently, but when we're away from Kansas/Oklahoma/Texas we
forget."

If the former, then you're probably unique.

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