Monday, July 23, 2012

How to pronounce Hayashi

There is a phenomenon called Sonorant gemination in English.

Sonorant gemination:
V + sonorant + V = (V+ sonorant ) + (  sonorant + V) = (V + sonorant ) + V (after degemination)


Mary Hayashi, California = Hay + yashi = High ashi = [haɪ 'æshi]



Toyota = toy + yota  = (after degmination) = Toy + ota = [tɔɪ ˈoʊtə]
Cheyenne, WY= [shaɪ 'æn] 
Kayak = [ˈkaɪˌæk] 


Joe Arpaio [-aɪˌoʊ]
royal
loyal
lawyer
Montoya
Sequoia
paranoia
La Jolla
Gawain
bayou
Peshawar
Kitagawa





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