Re: Redefining [a] and [æ]? or using a better vowel quadrilateral?
- From: "Richard Wordingham" <jrw0602@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:44:10 +0100
"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
"Aerate" is three syllables.
Not always. For example, the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology also gives the disyllabic pronunciation, as in 'aero-'.
Richard.
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