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Conversely, in the English here, historical /ʊr/ tends to be tensed to /ur/ except for in very few words (e.g. Moorland Rd. here in the Milwaukee area being an example that comes to mind) where it becomes /ɔr/, except when preceded by /j/ or a consonant palatalized by historical /j/, as /jʊr/ normally becomes /jər/ outside of careful speech, wherein it may be tensed to /jur/, except for your and you're, which when careful are /jɔr/.
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Travis B. wrote:Conversely, in the English here, historical /ʊr/ tends to be tensed to /ur/ except for in very few words (e.g. Moorland Rd. here in the Milwaukee area being an example that comes to mind) where it becomes /ɔr/, except when preceded by /j/ or a consonant palatalized by historical /j/, as /jʊr/ normally becomes /jər/ outside of careful speech, wherein it may be tensed to /jur/, except for your and you're, which when careful are /jɔr/.
This mostly goes for me, as well, except I do have /jʊr/ in both Uranus and Europe.
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For me, "poor" is /pOr\/, "cure" is /kj3`/ and "manure" is /m@.nu.r\=/.

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poor [pʰoː]
cure [cç̯ʷʉə̯~cç̯ʷɵə̯]
manure [mɨ̃ˈnʲʷʉə̯~mɨ̃ˈnʲʷɵə̯]
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quagmire [ˈkʰʷwɔg̚ˌmɑe̯jɐ]
Cossack [ˈkʰɔsæʔ͡k̚]
Pogrom [ˈpʰɔgɹʷɔm]
Europe [ˈjʉːɹʷəʔ͡p̚]~[jʉːɹʷʔ͡p̚]
Uranus [jəˈɹʷæɪ̯nəs]
your anus [jəˈɹʷæɪ̯nəs]
your anus [ˈjoːˈɹʷæɪ̯nəs]
your [joːʳ] / [jəʳ]
poor [pʰoːʳ]
cure [ˈkçʉːwɐ] / [ˈkçʉːwəʳ]
manure [məˈnjʉːwɐ] / [məˈnjʉːwəʳ]
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your anus: [jʁ̩ːˈẽːnɘs]
your anus: [ˈjɔːʁˌẽːnɘs]
poor: [ˈpʰu(ː)ʁ]
cure: [ˈkçʁ̩(ː)]~[ˈkçʉ̯u(ː)ʁ]
manure: [mɘ̃ːˈnʉ̯u(ː)ʁ]
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Travis B. wrote:
linguoboy wrote:
Travis B. wrote:(And now I learn that pogrom is stressed on the second syllable...)
Initial stress seems common in the USA (and is what inspired this post), but I think you're the first person I've come across with initial stress and /ah/ rather than /ow/.
Mind you I have practically never heard this word spoken, but rather have always read it.
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Europe /"jO:r@p/
Uranus /j@"rejn@s/
your anus /j@"rejn@s/ (identical with Uranus) or, when speaking more carefully, /jO:"rejn@s/

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cherubim
seraphim
nephilim

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cherubim: [ˈtʃʰɛːʁəːˌbɘ̃(ː)m]
seraphim: [ˈsɛːʁəˌfɘ̃(ː)m]
nephilim: [ˈnɜfɯːˌɰɘ̃(ː)m]
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draw
core
drawer (piece of furniture)
drawer (person who draws)
lawnmower

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pʰoː
kʰjoː ~ kʰjɵː ~ kʰjʊ̈ə (the -ʊ̈ə is only in careful speech, same for manure)
məˈnjoː ~ məˈnjʊ̈ə
ˈtʃʰeɹ̠əbəm (short initial vowel - same as cherry rather than cheery)
ˈseɹ̠əfəm
ˈnefəɫəm
dʐɹ̠oː
kʰoː
dʐɹ̠oː
ˈdʐɹ̠oːɹ̠ə
ˈɫoːnmɐʊ̈wə
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draw [ˈdɹɒː] ~ [ˈdɹɑː]
core [ˈkʰo̞ɚ̯]
drawer [ˈdɹɑɚ̯] ~ [ˈdɹo̞ɚ̯]
drawer [ˈdɹɒː.ɚ̯]
lawnmower [ˈlɒːmˌmo̞wɚ]

You didn't ask for more, but it's monosyllabic [ˈmo̞ɚ̯], unlike [ˈmo̞wɚ], which is always bisyllabic. The [o̞] in the latter is more fronted, but not as far forward as [ɵ̞]. Similarly, there's some affrication on /dr/, but nothing as pronounced as what I see transcribed as [dʒɹ] or [dɹ̝ɹ].

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draw: [ˈtʃɻʁɒ(ː)]
core: [ˈkʰɔ(ː)ʁ]
drawer (piece of furniture): [ˈtʃɻʁɔ(ː)ʁ]
drawer (person who draws): [ˈtʃɻʁɒːʁ̩(ː)]
lawnmower: [ˈʟ̞ɒ̃ːmˌmoːwʁ̩(ː)]
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conlangery [ˈkʰɔ̃ˌɫɛ̝̃ŋᵊɻʷi]
conlang [ˈkʰɔ̃ˌɫɛ̝̃ŋ]
conworld [ˈkʰɔ̃ˌwøʊ̯d̥]
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conlangery: [ˈkʰãːnˌʟ̞ẽːŋʁ̩ːʁi(ː)]~[ˈkʰãːnˌɰẽːŋʁ̩ːʁi(ː)]~[ˈkʰãːʟ̞ˌʟ̞ẽːŋʁ̩ːʁi(ː)]
conlang: [ˈkʰãːnˌʟ̞ẽːŋ]~[ˈkʰãːnˌɰẽːŋ]~[ˈkʰãːʟ̞ˌʟ̞ẽːŋ]
conworld: [ˈkʰãːnˌwʁ̩ːɯ̯t]~[ˈkʰãːwˌwʁ̩ːɯ̯t] except before a sonorant, where then [ˈkʰãːnˌwʁ̩ːɯ̯d]~[ˈkʰãːwˌwʁ̩ːɯ̯d]
constructed language: [kʰn̩tˌɕtɕɻʁʌʔktɘːdˈʟ̞ẽːŋgwɘːtʃ]~[kʰn̩tˌɕtɕɻʁʌʔktɘːdˈɰẽːŋgwɘːtʃ]

[ɻʁ] is actually coarticulated, but the X-SAMPA to IPA converter I am using does not handle tie bars well.
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[ˌkʰɔ̃ˈɫɛ̃ŋəɹ̠ɪi̯]
[ˈkʰɔ̃ɫɛ̃ŋ]
[ˈkʰɔ̃wɵɯ̯d̚]
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conlang [ko̞nlæŋ~kʰɔnlæŋ]
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conworld [ko̞nʋʷø̞̈ːld~kʰɔn̪wɜːl̪d̪]
constructed language [ko̞ns̪t̪ɾɐkt̪e̞d læŋwit͡ʃ~kʰɔnstɹ̠ɐkt̪əd læŋwid͡ʒ]

I've finally fully accepted that my pronunciations are really inconsistent, so I'm not sure if there's even any point in me posting in this thread at all. Like, I watched some shitty videos I've uploaded on Youtube and realised that my pronunciations of most words are literally so inconsistent that I can't go one minute without saying them differently. :roll:

PS: Am I the only one who feels weird pronouncing cherubim with /t͡ʃ/ rather than [kʰ]? The latter just feels more natural, probably because in Finnish the singular is kerubi, but also in all the source languages Latin, Greek and Hebrew it has a /k/.

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Vlürch wrote:PS: Am I the only one who feels weird pronouncing cherubim with /t͡ʃ/ rather than [kʰ]? The latter just feels more natural, probably because in Finnish the singular is kerubi, but also in all the source languages Latin, Greek and Hebrew it has a /k/.
My pronunciation is really inconsistent here. I say cherubs with /t͡ʃ/ and cherubim with /k/, probably because the former feels fully naturalised (we even use it as slang around here to refer to highschool-age students) and the latter, with its foreign plural, feels only semi-assimilated.

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linguoboy wrote:
Vlürch wrote:PS: Am I the only one who feels weird pronouncing cherubim with /t͡ʃ/ rather than [kʰ]? The latter just feels more natural, probably because in Finnish the singular is kerubi, but also in all the source languages Latin, Greek and Hebrew it has a /k/.
My pronunciation is really inconsistent here. I say cherubs with /t͡ʃ/ and cherubim with /k/, probably because the former feels fully naturalised (we even use it as slang around here to refer to highschool-age students) and the latter, with its foreign plural, feels only semi-assimilated.
[In the UK, there are at least some dialects that use "cherub" to mean "duck" (in the tag sense). Can't off-hand pinpoint which they are, though.]

For me, either /k/ or /tS/ in the plural; probably the latter more normally, and the former in more overtly religious, old-testamenty contexts, particularly when with other Hebrew words (eg in the phrase 'cherubim and seraphim', I might have /k/ sometimes).
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Inspired by this thread, rat rap vs. rat trap (curious to know whether anyone has affricated /tr/?)


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rat rap: [ˈʁʷɛʔˌʁʷɛʔp]~[ˈʁʷɛʔtˌʁʷɛʔp]
rat trap: [ˈʁʷɛʔˌtʃʰɻ͡ʁɛʔp]~[ˈʁʷɛʔtˌtʃʰɻ͡ʁɛʔp]
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jal wrote:Inspired by this thread, rat rap vs. rat trap (curious to know whether anyone has affricated /tr/?)


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Something like:

rat trap: [ɹʷæ̈t̚ tɕʷʰɹʷæ̈ɓ]
rat rap: [ɹʷæ̈ʔ ɹʷæ̈ɓ]

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The main difference for me between the two is that in "rat trap", I actually pronounce the /t/, while in "rat rap", it's just a glottal stop. (virtually all of my word-final /t/s are glottal stops, unless I'm really trying to emphasize it or something)
I generally forget to say, so if it's relevant and I don't mention it--I'm from Southern Michigan and speak Inland North American English. Yes, I have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift; no, I don't have the cot-caught merger; and it is called pop.

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