From BestATN@xxx.xxx Wed Apr 28 13:32:20 1999 X-Digest-Num: 126 Message-ID: <44114.126.734.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:32:20 EDT From: BestATN@xxx.xxx Subject: Re: pervasive 'y's... In a message dated 4/28/99 2:42:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, thill@Quark.Com writes: << thing, so it's really hard to tell whether someone said 'ckule nixli' or 'ckulynixli', which probably wouldn't, but might have slightly different meanings.... oh well. ;) pronounce those vowels clearly, man... :) >> The stress is different too, so the vowels aren't the only distinguishing feature. Steven