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From:         "Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CS.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Goran on phonology
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>Date:         Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:11:44 -0500
>From: John Cowan <cowan%LOCKE.CCIL.ORG@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>

>Goran writes:

>> but:
>>
>> leak [li:k] vs. league [li:g],

>Correct.

FWIW, I consistently make the vowel in "league" quite a bit longer than that
in "leak."  Ditto seat/seed, sot/sod, boot/food (foot/food have different
vowels).  and also ice/eyes (in which case it's more like "ice" is a
diphthong starting with schwa and "eyes" with /a/).

~mark